Burton Agnes

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}}

{{Use British English|date=July 2014}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|54.051743|-0.315993|display=inline,title}}

| label_position = left

| official_name = Burton Agnes

| static_image = Burton Agnes Hall front view.jpg

| static_image_caption = Burton Agnes Hall

| population = 497

| population_ref = (2011 census)

| civil_parish = Burton Agnes

| unitary_england = East Riding of Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| lieutenancy_england = East Riding of Yorkshire

| constituency_westminster = Bridlington and The Wolds

| post_town = DRIFFIELD

| postcode_district = YO25

| postcode_area = YO

| dial_code = 01262

| os_grid_reference = TA103630

| london_distance_mi = 175

| london_direction = S

}}

Burton Agnes (named after Agnes de Percy) is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the A614 road midway between Driffield and Bridlington.

File:142941 63efefae-GatehouseBurtonAgnesHall(StephenHorncastle)Mar2006.jpg

Local landmarks include an Elizabethan manor house, Burton Agnes Hall, and a Norman manor house, Burton Agnes Manor House. Both buildings are recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England as Grade I listed.{{NHLE|num=1346451|desc=Burton Agnes Hall|accessdate=12 August 2013}}{{NHLE|num=1280994|desc=Burton Agnes Manor House|fewer-links=x|accessdate=12 August 2013}} The church, dedicated to St Martin, was designated as Grade I listed in 1966.{{NHLE|num=1083812|desc=Church of St Martin|fewer-links=x|accessdate=12 August 2013}}

The civil parish is formed by the village of Burton Agnes and the hamlets of Gransmoor and Thornholme.

According to the 2011 UK Census, Burton Agnes parish had a population of 497,{{NOMIS2011

| id = 1170211155

| title = Burton Agnes Parish

| accessdate = 16 February 2018}} an increase of one over the 2001 UK Census figure.{{NOMIS2001

| id = 1543504202

| title = Burton Agnes Parish

| accessdate = 6 December 2018

}}

From the mediaeval era until the 19th century Burton Agnes was part of Dickering Wapentake.{{cite web |title=Dickering-Wap through time |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10066244 |website=A Vision of Britain Through Time |publisher=University of Portsmouth |accessdate=24 November 2019}} Between 1894 and 1974 Burton Agnes was a part of the Bridlington Rural District, in the East Riding of Yorkshire.{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10173528 |title=Bridlington RD |work=A Vision of Britain Through Time |publisher=University of Portsmouth |accessdate=11 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210034649/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10173528 |archivedate=10 February 2012 }} Between 1974 and 1996 it was part of the Borough of North Wolds (later Borough of East Yorkshire, in the county of Humberside.

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Burton Agnes holds an annual Scarecrow Festival during which the village is decorated with scarecrows. The festival began in 2004 and was devised by a group of children to raise money.{{cite news|url=http://www.bridlingtonfreepress.co.uk/what-s-on/village-set-for-scarecrow-festival-1-1709107|title=Village set for scarecrow festival|date=27 July 2005|accessdate=20 November 2014|newspaper=Bridlington Free Press|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231421/http://www.bridlingtonfreepress.co.uk/what-s-on/village-set-for-scarecrow-festival-1-1709107|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}

Burton Agnes primary school is on Rudston Road, also on which are playing fields, close to the cemetery. The playing fields are the base for football and cricket teams. There is a small bowls field near the football pitch. Bridlington Archery Club also uses the facility.

Burton Agnes railway station on the Yorkshire Coast Line from Hull to Scarborough served the village until it closed on 5 January 1970.{{Butt-Stations}}

On 17 September 1947 a truck carrying German prisoners of war was in collision with a train at the Burton Agnes level crossing killing two British and ten German soldiers. On 23 December 2013 a plaque was unveiled at the site of the crash in remembrance those who died.{{cite news|url=http://www.bridlingtonfreepress.co.uk/what-s-on/out-about/plaque-to-burton-agnes-rail-crash-dead-1-6356703|title=Plaque to Burton Agnes rail crash dead|date=7 January 2014|work=Bridlington Free Press|accessdate=14 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314115004/http://www.bridlingtonfreepress.co.uk/what-s-on/out-about/plaque-to-burton-agnes-rail-crash-dead-1-6356703|archive-date=14 March 2014|url-status=dead}}