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Welburn is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England, on the north bank of the River Derwent. It lies on the edge of the Howardian Hills, near to the stately home Castle Howard. It is about 14 miles from York and 5 miles south-west of Malton/Norton. It is a popular area for walkers and bird-watchers. The parish's population was estimated at 523 people in 2013. This figure includes the developments at Crambeck, Holmes Crescent and Chestnut Avenue that are some distance outside the heart of the village. It is a traditional village in regards to its linear structure. The Main Street has two main offshoots; one lane, to the south, is called Church Lane (formerly Bank Lane) and leads to St John the Evangelist Church, built in 1858,〔'' It has one school, Welburn Community School, in the centre of the village. It also has a pub, the ''Crown and Cushion'', which provides a centre for the village and ''Leaf and Loaf'', village bakery and cafe. Welburn is one of the few villages in the area that still has a red telephone box (located near the centre of the village); they are becoming an increasing rarity in North Yorkshire. The parish council of the area is based at Welburn Village Hall. It has elected members from Welburn and Crambeck, an adjoining settlement. Crambeck, formerly a reformatory school, was used in the Roman period times as the site of a pottery.〔Corder, P. 1928. ''The Roman Pottery at Crambeck, Castle Howard'' (Roman Malton and District Report no.1). York: William Sessions〕 The Roman ceramic produced here is known as Crambeck Ware. The recently redeveloped Village Hall, operational since May 2007, is used for a range of activities and groups in the village and the surrounding area. These groups include the Women's Institute, horticultural society, indoor bowling club, country dancing, Local History Group, Wine Club and an Art & Craft club. The eco-friendly Village Hall is a gathering place for villagers and local walkers. ==Castle Howard railway station== Near Crambeck there is a disused railway station called Castle Howard railway station. It is on the York to Scarborough Line it was opened 1845 and closed to passengers in 1930. A road was built from the station to the stately home. It was decommissioned and became a public road in the early 1900s. Visitors arriving by road approached from a different direction along a road that offered a spectacular view over to the great house. The view was framed by the 'Exclamation Gates', so called due to the responses that they would elicit from astonished visitors. The columns can still be seen to the west of the village, heading towards Whitwell-on-the-Hill. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Welburn, Derwent」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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