Brayton, North Yorkshire

For other uses, see Brayton (disambiguation).

Brayton
Brayton Church of England Infant School
Brayton Brayton shown within North Yorkshire
Population	5,299
OS grid reference	SE600305
– London	160 mi (260 km) S
Civil parish	Brayton
District	Selby
Shire county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SELBY
Postcode district	YO8
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
List of places UK England Yorkshire

Coordinates: 53°46′06″N 1°05′26″W / 53.768231°N 1.090675°W / 53.768231; -1.090675

Brayton is a small village and civil parish in the Selby district of North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) south from Selby.

The United Kingdom Census 2001 states the population of Brayton to be 5,514, reducing to 5,299 at the 2011 Census.^[1]

Brayton is almost entirely residential with the exception of a few local shops, including a butchers and a post office.

Village schools are Brayton High School, Brayton Juniors, and Brayton C of E Infants. The Infant School is one of the oldest buildings in the village. The school house was once home to the headmistress of Brayton school, and lessons were taken in a smaller building. The house is now a private residence, and the old school room is now a small part of the extended building.

Wesley Chapel and St Wilfrid's church are the two religious buildings. Wesley Chapel was founded by Charles Wesley, father of composer Samuel Wesley. It is now a nursery school and still a place of worship. The Grade I listed Church of England parish church, dedicated to St Wilfrid, dates from the 12th to the 15th centuries with 19th-century alterations and stained glass. Within the church is a tomb to Lord D'Arcy (died 1558), and his wife, it's effigies damaged during the 17th-century Interregnum.^[2]

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches to Barlow with a total population of 6,052.^[3]

References

↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 14 August 2015.
↑ Historic England. "Church of St Wilfred (1132537)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
↑ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 14 August 2015.

External links

Media related to Brayton, North Yorkshire at Wikimedia Commons
Brayton College
Brayton Community Centre
St Wilfrid's Parish, Brayton

Ceremonial county of North Yorkshire

Yorkshire Portal

Unitary authorities	Middlesbrough Redcar and Cleveland Stockton-on-Tees (part) City of York

Boroughs or districts	Craven Hambleton Harrogate Richmondshire Ryedale Scarborough Selby

Major settlements	Bedale Bentham Boroughbridge Catterick Garrison Colburn Easingwold Eston Filey Grassington Guisborough Harrogate Hawes Haxby Helmsley Ingleby Barwick Kirkbymoorside Knaresborough Leyburn Loftus Malton Masham Middleham Middlesbrough Northallerton Norton-on-Derwent Pateley Bridge Pickering Redcar Richmond Ripon Saltburn-by-the-Sea Scarborough Selby Settle Skelton-in-Cleveland Skipton South Bank Stokesley Tadcaster Thirsk Thornaby-on-Tees Whitby Yarm York See also: List of civil parishes in North Yorkshire

Rivers	Aire Derwent Esk Foss Leven Ouse Ribble Swale Tees Ure Wharfe

Topics	Parliamentary constituencies Country houses Grade I listed buildings Grade II* listed buildings Windmills Monastic houses History Rivers Schools Museums Lord Lieutenants High Sheriffs

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