Burn Bridge
| Burn Bridge | |
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 Cottages on Spring Lane |
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 Burn Bridge
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| Burn Bridge shown within North Yorkshire | |
| Population | 5,545 |
| • Density | 1.16 per hectare |
| OS grid reference | SE300515 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HARROGATE |
| Postcode district | HG3 |
| Dialling code | 01423 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Burn Bridge included in Pannal website |
Burn Bridge is a village in the borough of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England. It is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of the town of Harrogate, and forms part of the civil parish of Pannal and Burn Bridge.
Burn Bridge is set largely on the side of a hill. The Crimple Beck runs through the lower area of the village. Burn Bridge plays host to Pannal Cricket Club and the Black Swan pub.
The name was first recorded in 1666 (as Burne Bridge), and appears to mean "burnt bridge". There has been speculation that the place may have been named after a fire destroyed the bridge. It has also been suggested that the bridge was named after the burn, or beck which runs along its southern edge.
Burn Bridge was historically in the township of North Rigton in the ancient parish of Kirkby Overblow in the West Riding of Yorkshire. In 1938 it was part of the area transferred to the municipal borough and civil parish of Harrogate. In 1974 it was transferred with the rest of the municipal borough to the new Borough of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, and became part of the unparished area of Harrogate. In 2016 it became part of the new civil parish of Pannal and Burn Bridge.
The village is now mainly a dormitory for commuters to Harrogate and Leeds, a few Menwith Hill employees and many retired people. To the west is mostly pasture land with sheep and cattle. There are two riding stables in the area. To the east is Pannal which expanded, when Crimple Meadows was built in the 1970s, to the point at which it would have joined with Burn Bridge. A condition on building permission for Crimple Meadows was that there would be only a footpath and no roads, between the two villages, to maintain their separate identities.
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