Burton Salmon

Burton Salmon is a village and civil parish in the Selby district of North Yorkshire, England, close to the border with West Yorkshire, and about three miles north of Knottingley, on the A162 road. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 419.

The village has a primary school, Burton Salmon School. There is also a public house, The Plough Inn, dating from the 17th century, and a Methodist chapel.

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