Sherburn Methodist Chapel        St Hilda’s Church           Sherburn School

Sherburn village lies where the A64 crosses the minor road from Weaverthorpe to Brompton-by-Sawdon. Eleven miles east is the seaside town of Scarborough and eleven miles west, the market town of Malton. Southwards are the lovely rolling hills of the Yorkshire Wolds and northwards the heather clad expanse of the North York Moors. About a mile north of the village, trains travel along the branch line through Weaverthorpe Station and the Scarborough to Leeds Coastliners provide a regular daily bus service. In old English Sherburn means bright stream. There are two – the East Beck rises from a fresh spring at the foot of the Wolds and the West Beck from a fresh spring south of Springfield Farm. Fifty years ago due to falling water levels, the West Beck ended at the farm in a large pond. The ancient Church of St Hilda on the northern edge of the village and the Methodist Chapel north of the crossroads are open for regular worship. A large factory founded in 1948 by the late Frank and Wilfred Ward lies east of the village and provides employment for locals and people over a large area of the surrounding district. Originally the factory produced steel-framed and asbestos Dutch barns and fold yard sheds then trading as Ward Brothers (Sherburn) Ltd went on to manufacture large industrial buildings that sold nationwide and worldwide. The firm won the Queen’s Award for Export in 1979 and when ownership changed in 1996, the firm was re-named Kingspan Ltd. The East Riding pub is a few yards north from the crossroads and there are two busy shops, the Post Office-cum-grocers at the crossroads and Central Stores 400 yards north of the crossroads. Sherburn’s Church of England Primary School built in 1883 still serves the community and St Hilda’s Surgery serves the community as well as several surrounding villages. There is a large playing field and modern Community Centre at the north-west corner of the village and a useful village hall at the centre of the village. At the 2020 national census Sherburn’s population was 873.

The following Sherburn local history books are available from:
 Anne Collier,
11 Springfield Way,
 York,
Y031 1HN
 or at anneannecollier@gmail.com
 01904 413554 mob 07517 993720

Sherburn – A Walk Down Memory Lane

(compiled by the late Alison Oulton and published in 2000)
Size A5 booklet of 80 old photos of Sherburn’s people and scenes

Sherburn – A 20^th Century History

(written by Anne Collier and published in 2000)
Size A5 text book with ten chapters and photos about all aspects of village life

Sherburn in Victorian Times

(written by Anne Collier and published in 2003)
Size A5 text book with ten chapters and photos about all aspects of village life

Sherburn – Pre 1900 Parish and Census Records
(collated by Anne Collier and published in 2005 and revised in 2011)
An A4 directory containing BMBs from the 1600’s to 2000
and the national census returns from 1841 - 1911

Sherburn - History of St Hilda’s Church
(written by Anne Collier and published in 2021)

Contains ten chapters with photos of village scenes and people
and stories that are happy, sad, funny, inspiring and surprising as well as accounts of
murder, manslaughter, bigamy and - the ARREST OF THE VICAR
Copies are on sale at Sherburn Post Office and the East Riding Hotel, Sherburn, or from
Anne Collier, 11 Springfield Way, York, Y031 1HN
Or at anneannecollier@gmail.com – 01904 413554 mob 07517 993720

Profits are shared by St Hilda’s Church and TEAR Fund a Christian charity that partners with churches in more than 50 of the world’s poorest countries

 

Also available on request are Sherburn family chronicles (eg - Owston, Rivis, Clarkson, Kirk, Clarke, Brown, Hick, etc). The chronicles include BMB’s from the 1600’s to 2000, census returns from 1841-1911 and the 1921 census index, local press reports, school admissions, extracts from the school log and punishment book etc.
The chronicles are as gold dust to genealogists.
More details at anneannecollier@gmail.com

The Wilf Ward Story
(written by Wilf Ward and published in 2005)
Available at westgatehouse@wilfward.org
OR from The Wilf Ward Family Trust, Westgate House
Pickering YO18 8BA - tel 01751 474740

       

The Wilf Ward Story                     Wards Factory cc 1970’s