Burnsall

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2015}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|54|02|53|N|1|57|05|W|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Burnsall

| population = 110

| population_ref = (2011){{cite web|title=2015 Population Estimates|url=https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf|website=northyorks.gov.uk|accessdate=12 February 2018|page=10|date=December 2016|archive-date=4 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604015709/https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf|url-status=dead}}

| static_image_name = Burnsall-river, bridge, chapel, church, fell.jpg

| static_image_caption = Village of Burnsall, from east above, showing bridge, Wharfe, chapel, Dalesway path (2008)

| unitary_england = North Yorkshire

| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| civil_parish = Burnsall

| constituency_westminster = Skipton and Ripon

| postcode_district = BD23

| postcode_area = BD

| post_town = SKIPTON

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = SE031615

| london_distance_mi = 190

| london_direction = SSE

}}

Burnsall is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the River Wharfe in Wharfedale, and is in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

File:Burnsall School.jpg

The village is approximately {{convert|2|mi|km|0}} south-east from Grassington. It has a parish church, a chapel, two hotels with restaurants, a public house, and a primary school. Burnsall Primary School, a Grade II listed building, is in the original 1602 grammar school building, a legacy of William Craven of nearby Appletreewick.[http://www.outofoblivion.org.uk/record.asp?id=149 "Burnsall Grammar School"], Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority. Retrieved 5 April 2015 There is a five-arched bridge over which the Dalesway passes. A path along the river from Burnsall to Hebden, {{convert|1|mi|km|0}} to the north-west, dates to Viking times.{{cite book|last1=Marsh|first1=Terry|title=The Dales Way|date=2005|publisher=Cicerone|location=Milnthorpe, Cumbria|isbn=978-1-85284-464-6|page=36|edition=2}}

The historic parish of Burnsall occupied a large part of upper Wharfedale. It included the townships of Appletreewick, Bordley, Conistone with Kilnsey, Cracoe, Hartlington, Hetton, Rylstone and Thorpe, all of which became separate civil parishes in 1866.{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10406328/relationships |title=Burnsall CP/AP |work=A Vision of Britain through time |accessdate=12 June 2013}} The parish was in Staincliffe Wapentake and in the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974, when it was transferred to North Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Craven, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

The 2001 Census gave Burnsall parish a population of 112, decreasing to 110 at the 2011 census.{{NOMIS2011|id=1170216731|title=Burnsall Parish |accessdate=24 March 2018}}

The ecclesiastical parish of Burnsall is in the Diocese of Leeds.[http://www.achurchnearyou.com/burnsall-st-wilfrid/ "Burnsall: St Wilfrid, Burnsall"], The Church of England. Retrieved 5 April 2015 St Wilfrid's Church, Burnsall, a Grade I listed building, is almost entirely Perpendicular. It contains an 11th-century font carved with bird and beasts, twelve Anglo-Saxon sculpture fragments and a 14th-century alabaster panel depicting the Adoration of the Magi.{{NHLE|desc=Church of St Wilfrid|num=1131740|grade=I|accessdate=12 February 2018}} The church-yard is entered from the main road by a lychgate.

Burnsall is a centre for walking,{{Cite web|url=https://www.walksinyorkshire.com/our-walks/burnsall-to-grassington/|title=Burnsall to Grassington Walk|last=|first=|date=|website=Walks in Yorkshire|accessdate=5 January 2017}} trout fishing, picnics, and weddings. An annual feast day games in August includes amateur competitions, tug of war and fell races.{{cite news|last1=Barnett|first1=Ben|title=Why Wharefdale hotspot is an exertion location|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/why-wharefdale-hotspot-is-an-exertion-location-1-8825441|accessdate=12 February 2018|work=The Yorkshire Post|date=28 October 2017}} The village cricket pitch is below Burnsall Fell and is half enclosed by the river.