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Cherry Burton, a township, a village, and a parish in the E. R. Yorkshire. The village is 3 miles NW of Beverley, and has a station on the N.E.R., and a post, money order, and telegraph office (S.O.). Acreage of twonship, 3469; population, 429. Cherry Burton Hall and Cherry Burton House are chief residences. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York; net value £538 with residence. The church of St Michael, rebuilt in 1852-53, is in the Early Decorated style, and has an embattled western tower; it contains a carved stone pulpit and a beautiful font. The register dates back to 1561. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels.
