Byram, North Yorkshire Explained

Country:England
Official Name:Byram
Coordinates:53.7242°N -1.2606°W
Civil Parish:Byram cum Sutton
Unitary England:North Yorkshire
Lieutenancy England:North Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituency Westminster:Selby
Post Town:KNOTTINGLEY
Postcode District:WF11
Postcode Area:WF
Dial Code:01977
Os Grid Reference:SE486256
Static Image:Looking west along Byram Park Road - geograph.org.uk - 1620842.jpg
Static Image Caption:Houses along Byram Park Road

Byram is a village in the Selby District in North Yorkshire, England. It lies east of Castleford, across the River Aire in West Yorkshire. Byram is the principal settlement in the civil parish of Byram cum Sutton.

The toponym is from the Old English bȳrum, the dative plural of bȳre, so means "at the byres or cowsheds".[1] Byram was historically a hamlet, part of the township of Byram cum Poole in the ancient parish of Brotherton in the West Riding of Yorkshire.[2] Byram cum Poole became a separate civil parish in 1866, but in 1891 was merged with the civil parish of Sutton to form the civil parish of Byram cum Sutton.[3] Byram grew rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1974 it was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire.

Byram Hall was a large country house east of the village, in Byram Park. The estate was owned by the Ramsden family from 1628 to 1922.[4] The house was demolished in the 1950s, but a number of buildings remain in the park. The 18th century lodge is a Grade II listed building. The 18th century orangery has been converted into a house.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Smith, A. H.. Albert Hugh Smith

    . Albert Hugh Smith. The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire. 4. Cambridge University Press. 1961. 46.

  2. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Brotherton GENUKI website
  3. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10407552#tab02 Vision of Britain website
  4. Web site: Byram. The Follies of Youth. 31 August 2017.