Birdsall, East Riding

Description
Birdsall, a township, a village, and a parish in the E. R. Yorkshire, 1 3/4 mile SW of North Grimston railway station, and 5 1/2 miles S by E of New Malton. Post and money order office, York; telegraph office, Malton. Acreage, 4031; population, 366. Birdsall Hall, a seat of Lord Middleton, is the chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York; net value, £62. Patron, Lord Middleton. The church is a handsome edifice, built in 1825 by Lord Middleton. Henry Burton, the famous Puritan divine, who died in 1648, was a native. Traces of a Danish encampment have been found.