Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BURNISTON

BURNISTON, a township in Scalby parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the coast, 3½ miles NNW of Scarborough. Acres, 1,523; of which 123 are water. Real property, £2,558. Pop., 350. Houses, 80.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place: Burniston

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