Walburn, North Yorkshire Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:Walburn Hall from the south west.jpg
Static Image Caption:Walburn Hall
Coordinates:54.3588°N -1.8186°W
Official Name:Walburn
Civil Parish:Walburn
Population:10
Unitary England:North Yorkshire
Lieutenancy England:North Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Post Town:Richmond
Postcode District:DL11
Postcode Area:DL
Os Grid Reference:SE119959

Walburn is a hamlet and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is located in lower Swaledale, 5miles south-west of Richmond. The population of the parish was estimated at 10 in 2016.[1]

The army training camp of Wathgill is in the parish.

History

The toponym is derived from the Old English wala "Britons or Welshmen" and burna "stream",[2] indicating the presence of Britons in the area when the English arrived.[3]

Walburn was historically a township in the parish of Downholme in the wapentake of Hang West in the North Riding of Yorkshire. From 1286 Walburn was held of the manor of Thornton Steward, whose lords were mesne tenants of the honour of Richmond.[4]

Walburn became a separate civil parish in 1866.[5] In 1974 it was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire.

Walburn Hall

Walburn Hall is a fortified house probably dating from the 12th century but much altered in the 15th and 16th centuries. It is a Grade I listed building, now used as a farmhouse.[6] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: North Yorkshire County Council. Population Estimates. 2016. 28 April 2020. At the 2011 Census the population was not counted separately.
  2. Book: Smith, A. H.. The Place-names of the North Riding of Yorkshire. Albert Hugh Smith. English Place Name Society. First published 1928. 1979. 270.
  3. Jensen . Gillian Fellows . 1978. Place-Names and Settlement in the North Riding of Yorkshire. . 14 . 1 . 23 . 10.1179/nhi.1978.14.1.19. 28 April 2020.
  4. Web site: Parishes: Downholme . William. Page . Institute of Historical Research . 1914 . Victoria County History. A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1 . 28 April 2020.
  5. Walburn CP/Tn. https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10472957. 28 April 2020.
  6. 50954 . Walburn Hall. 20 March 2015.