Londesborough Park railway station

Londesborough railway station was a station on the York to Beverley Line in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It opened on 4 October 1847 and served the villages of Shiptonthorpe and Londesborough. The station was originally named Shipton & Londesborough, was renamed to Shipton in April 1864 and became Londesborough in January 1867. It closed after the last train ran on 27 November 1965.

Shiptonthorpe is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 5 miles (8 km) southeast of the market town of Pocklington and 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of the market town of Market Weighton. According to the 2011 UK census, Shiptonthorpe parish had a population of 503, an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 419. It has a petrol station, two churches, a shop, and a Renault main dealer. The Parish Church of All Saints is a Grade I listed building. On the outskirts, there is a garden centre called Langlands, and a McDonald's (previously a Little Chef) which opened in 2014. It formerly had two pubs. The A1079 road runs through it. Plans for a bypass, put forward in the 1989 Roads for Prosperity white paper, but were later dropped. From 1847 to 1965, Shiptonthorpe was served by Londesborough railway station on the York to Beverley Line.

Thorpe le Street is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Hayton, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south-east of the market town of Pocklington and 3 miles (4.8 km) north-west of the market town of Market Weighton. It lies to the south of the A1079 road. In 1931 the parish had a population of 28. Thorpe le Street was formerly a township in the parish of Nun-Burn-holme, in 1866 Thorpe le Street became a civil parish on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Hayton. The Roman Road known as Cade's Road is thought likely to have passed through it, which would explain "-le-Street".

Burnby is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Hayton, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 2.5 miles (4 km) south-east of the market town of Pocklington and 4 miles (6.4 km) north-west of the market town of Market Weighton. It lies 1 mile (1.6 km) to the east of the A1079 road. In 1931 the parish had a population of 103. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Hayton. The church dedicated to St Giles was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1967, and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England. Burnby was served by Nunburnholme railway station on the York to Beverley Line between 1847 and 1951.

Nunburnholme railway station was a railway station on the York to Beverley Line in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It opened in 1848 as Burnby, and was renamed 1873. It closed in 1951.

Nunburnholme is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is approximately 3 miles (5 km) east of the market town of Pocklington. The civil parish is formed by the village of Nunburnholme and the hamlet of Kilnwick Percy. According to the 2011 UK census, Nunburnholme parish had a population of 234, a decrease on the 2001 UK census figure of 253.Nunburnholme derives its name from the Old English Burnholme (“burn” = spring, stream; “holm” = island in a river, and was variously spelt Brunnum, Brunham and Brunne in medieval times. The prefix “Nun-“ was added some time before the 16th century with reference to Nunburnholme Priory.Nunburnholme was laid waste during the Harrying of the North in 1069–70 and was still deserted in 1086. The entry for the manor of Brunham in the Domesday Book reads: "Terra Tainorum Regis. East Riding. Hessle Hundred. Manerium. In Brunham, Morcar, Turvet and Turchil had 11 carucates of taxable land. There is land for six ploughs. One carucate is soke in Pocklington. Forne holds it of the King, and it is waste."The parish church of St James is a Grade I listed building, noted for its former incumbents the Reverend Francis Orpen Morris, author of works on natural history, and his son, the Rev. Marmaduke Charles Frederick Morris, antiquarian and author.During restoration in 1872–7 two sections of an important late Anglo-Saxon cross-shaft were discovered walled up in the church. The Nunburnholme Cross now stands within the church, its two sections incorrectly mounted back to front. The highly ornamented faces of the cross-shaft comprise Anglo-Saxon Christian figures, an unusual haloed warrior in profile, and later pagan Viking and Norman additions.The Yorkshire Wolds Way National Trail, a long-distance footpath, passes through the village, as does the 60-mile (97 km) Wilberforce Way, which runs from Kingston upon Hull to York.In 1823 Nunburnholme was a civil parish in the Wapentake of Harthill. Baines stated that there was previously a small Benedictine nunnery, indicated by a mound, that was founded by the ancestors of Roger de Morley. Population at the time was 203, with occupations including ten farmers and yeomen, a shoemaker and shopkeeper, a schoolmaster, and a wheelwright.Nunburnholme was served by Nunburnholme railway station on the York to Beverley Line between 1847 and 1951.

Londesborough is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 2.5 miles (4 km) north of the market town of Market Weighton. The civil parish is formed by the village of Londesborough and the hamlet of Middlethorpe. According to the 2011 UK census, Londesborough parish had a population of 182, a reduction of one on the 2001 UK census figure.The Yorkshire Wolds Way National Trail, a long distance footpath passes through the village. Some scholars suggest the still-undiscovered Roman camp of Delgovicia is in the vicinity of Londesborough. Londesborough Hall was a country house in the village but all that now remains is the park land that surrounded the house which is called Londesborough Park. The church dedicated to All Saints was designated a Grade I listed building in 1967 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England. In 1823 Londesborough was a civil parish in the Holme Beacon Division in the Wapentake of Harthill. Londesborough is one of the sites in the East Riding that have been conjectured as the Romano-British town of Delgovicia, an eastern station associated with York. A Roman road from Brough on the Humber Estuary ran directly north to meet Londesborough estate and village, where were found Roman coins and burial repositories. The estate of Londesborough was one of the seats of the Dukes of Devonshire. It was an historical possession of the Clifford family—Earls of Cumberland—until the 5th Earl's only heiress married the Earl of Cork, from whose family the Dukes of Devonshire are descended. The estate's mansion in 1823 had recently been demolished. The 6th Duke of Devonshire was the patron of All Saints' Church, the ecclesiastical parish living, and a hospital for "six old bachelors or widowers, and six widows". Londesborough population in 1823 was 244. Within the parish was a blacksmith, a clerk, a schoolmaster who was also the parish clerk, the parish rector, the agent for the Duke of Devonshire, and the landlord of The Devonshire Arms public house who was also a maltster. Londesborough was served by Londesborough railway station on the York to Beverley Line between 1847 and 1965.

Pocklington was a rural district in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England from 1894 to 1974. The district surrounded but did not originally include Pocklington, which formed a separate urban district. The district was created by the Local Government Act 1894. It picked up all of Pocklington Urban District and a small part of Escrick Rural District when they were abolished in 1935 by a County Review Order made under the Local Government Act 1929. At the same time it was reduced as parts of the district were transferred to Driffield and Norton rural districts. In 1974 the district was abolished. Its area formed part of the East Yorkshire district in the county of Humberside. Today the area forms part of the East Riding of Yorkshire district.

Nunburnholme Priory was a priory of Benedictine nuns in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was founded during the reign of Henry II of England by an ancestor of Robert de Merlay, lord of Morpeth. Except for its demesne, it possessed only little property in its surroundings. In 1313 the prioress claimed the monastery of Seton in Coupland as a cell of Nunburnholme. In 1521 only five nuns and the prioress lived here, and on 11 August 1536 the house was suppressed. It was valued as the poorest and smallest of the Benedictine nunneries in Yorkshire surviving until then.The priory was northeast of the village of Nunburnholme, between Nun's Walk and Back Lane. The site of the priory is a Scheduled Monument, described as featuring "extensive earthworks ... across the whole of the site" and "a group of well preserved but now dry fishponds".

Hayton is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 2 miles (3 km) south of the market town of Pocklington and 4.5 miles (7 km) north-west of the market town of Market Weighton. It lies on the A1079 road. The parish includes Burnby together with the hamlet of Thorpe le Street. The parish covers an area of 1,729.333 hectares (4,273.27 acres), According to the 2011 UK census and the parish had a population of 360, an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 317. Although the civil parish is called "Hayton" its parish council is called "Hayton and Burnby Parish Council". On 1 April 1935 Burnby and Thorpe le Street parish was abolished and merged with Hayton. The church dedicated to St Martin was designated a Grade I listed building in 1967 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England. In 1823 Hayton was a village and a civil parish in the Wapentake of Harthill. The ecclesiastical parish was Hayton-cum-Beilby, with the parish incumbent living under the patronage of the Dean of York. Population at the time was 177. Occupations included twelve farmers, a blacksmith, a wheelwright, a corn miller, a shoemaker, and the landlord of The White Horse public house.

Harswell is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Everingham, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is approximately 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west of Market Weighton town centre, 5 miles (8 km) south of Pocklington town centre, and 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the A614 road. In 1931 the parish had a population of 78. In 1823 Harswell was a village and civil parish in the Wapentake of Harthill. Population at the time was 78, with occupations that included five farmers, and a carrier who operated between the village and Market Weighton once a week. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Everingham. The village church is dedicated to St Peter. There has been a church in Harswell from the late 12th century and the building that was present in 1823 was described by Baines as "a small ancient structure". It was rebuilt in 1870-1871 and parish records, dating back to 1653, are held by the Borthwick Institute in York. Harswell was served by Everingham railway station on the Selby to Driffield Line between 1853 and 1954. The station house is now a Grade II listed building.

Londesborough Hall is a country house in the village of Londesborough in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, close to the towns of Market Weighton and Pocklington. The original Elizabethan building was demolished in 1819 and replaced by the present Victorian house.