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Burnt Yates, St Andrew's Church And Village c.1960
Photo ref: B350001
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More about this scene

The small village of Burnt Yates in Nidderdale is graced by this neat little Victorian sandstone church. The village stood close to a gate in the 'Monks' Wall' which encompassed the vast Fountains Abbey estate, and the village's name may refer to a gate which had been burned at some time.

A Selection of Memories from Burnt Yates

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Burnt Yates

Sparked a Memory for you?

If this has sparked a memory, why not share it here?

I first came across Burnt Yates while looking over the UK for towns with funny names, Burnt Yates stood out as by far the best. I then later did a presentation on it for my civics final in school. Me and my friends are currently doing lots of research and are attempting to make a Burnt Yates subreddit