Nunburnholme
[2] Nunburnholme derives its name from the Old English Burnholme (“burn” = spring, stream; “holm” = island in a river,[3] and was variously spelt Brunnum, Brunham and Brunne in medieval times."[5] The parish church of St James is a Grade I listed building,[6] noted for its former incumbents the Reverend Francis Orpen Morris, author of works on natural history, and his son, the Rev.The highly ornamented faces of the cross-shaft comprise Anglo-Saxon Christian figures, an unusual haloed warrior in profile, and later pagan Viking and Norman additions.[8] The Yorkshire Wolds Way National Trail, a long-distance footpath, passes through the village, as does the 60-mile (97 km) Wilberforce Way, which runs from Kingston upon Hull to York.Baines stated that there was previously a small Benedictine nunnery, indicated by a mound, that was founded by the ancestors of Roger de Morley.