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Gate House, Burton Agnes Hall, looking north to the gate and the hall beyond (photo Stephen Horncastle, March 2006)
'Burton Agnes' is a village and
civil parish in the
East Riding of Yorkshire,
England. It is situated on the
A614 mid way between
Driffield and
Bridlington. Places of interest include an Elizabethan Manor House,
Burton Agnes Hall and a Norman Manor House,
Burton Agnes Manor House.
The civil parish is formed by the village of Burton Agnes and the
hamlets of
Gransmoor and
Thornholme.
According to the
2001 UK census, Burton Agnes parish had a population of 496.
The village is home to an annual
Scarecrow festival which sees the village adorned with many imaginatively decorated scarecrows. The Scarecrow festival started in 2004 and was thought up by a group of children doing lifestyle and originally made the festival to raise money.
Burton Agnes is also home to a small primary school midway up Rudston Road. There are also playing fields up Rudston Road near the
cemetery. These are home to both football and cricket teams, and there is a small
bowls field near the football pitch. On Sunday mornings Bridlington
Archery Club comes to do their archery.