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Towthorpe, East Riding of Yorkshire
Towthorpe is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Fimber, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the Yorkshire Wolds just north of the B1248 road, approximately 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Driffield and 2 miles (3 km) south-west of Sledmere. In 1931 the parish had a population of 66. The deserted medieval village is a scheduled monument. The name Towthorpe derives from the Old Norse Toveþorp or Tofiþorp, meaning 'Tove/Tofi's secondary settlement'.
1. Governance
Towthorpe was formerly a township in the parish of Wharram Percy, in 1866 Towthorpe became a civil parish, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Fimber.
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Towthorpe in the Domesday Book
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Sledmere and Fimber railway station
Sledmere and Fimber railway station was a railway station on the Malton & Driffield Railway in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
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Fimber
Fimber is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Driffield town centre and 3 miles (5 km) south-west of the village of Sledmere. It lies on the B1248 road.
The civil parish is formed by the village of Fimber and the hamlet of Towthorpe.
According to the 2001 UK Census, Fimber parish had a population of 91.
The name Fimber probably derives from the Old English fīnmere meaning 'woodpile lake'. Alternatively, the first element could be derived from finn meaning 'coarse grass'.
The church of St Mary, Fimber was built in 1869–71 in a thirteenth-century style to replace a chapel of ease. The church was designated a Grade II listed building in September 1966 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England. It is on the Sykes Churches Trail devised by the East Yorkshire Churches Group.
Fimber was served by Sledmere and Fimber railway station on the Malton and Driffield Railway between 1853 and 1950.
In 1823 the village was in the parish of Wetwang, the Wapentake of Buckrose, and the Liberty of St Peter. At the time there was a chapel of ease at which the rector of Wetwang was its incumbent curate. Population was 904, which included seven farmers, a grocer, a shoemaker, and a tailor.
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Yorkshire Wolds Railway
The Yorkshire Wolds Railway is a preserved railway in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located on a section of the Malton and Driffield Junction Railway near the village of Fimber. The railway has a short demonstration line and an operational industrial diesel locomotive that provides cab rides to visitors. The railway has plans for expansion, work on which has been underway since April 2019.
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Burdale, North Yorkshire
Burdale is a hamlet in North Yorkshire, England, 8 miles (13 km) south-east of Malton. It lies in a deep valley (or dale), also known as Burdale, in the Yorkshire Wolds. It is the site of a deserted medieval village.
Burdale was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, when there were 43 villagers, a mill and two churches. In the 14th century Burdale appears to have been of a reasonable size, significantly larger than its more famous neighbour, Wharram Percy. By the 17th century the village was much reduced.
Between 1853 and 1950 Burdale had its own railway station, on the Malton and Driffield Junction Railway. Between 1925 and 1955 a large chalk quarry operated at Burdale, and supplied much of the traffic for the railway.
Burdale was part of the ancient parish of Wharram Percy in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It formed part of the township of Raisthorpe and Burdale, which became a civil parish in 1866. In 1872 the township became part of the new ecclesiastical parish of Thixendale when it was formed from the ecclesiastical parish of Wharram Percy. In 1935 the civil parish of Raisthorpe and Burdale was abolished and merged into the new parish of Wharram. In 1974 Burdale was transferred from the East Riding of Yorkshire to the new county of North Yorkshire as part of the Ryedale district. Ryedale was abolished in 2023 and the hamlet is now part of the area administered by North Yorkshire Council.