[3] It was awarded by the King with hundreds of others to his half-brother Count Robert de Mortain, whose tenant was Nigel Fossard.

By the nineteenth century the lordship of the manor had passed to the Earls of Carlisle, whose residence was at nearby Castle Howard.

A monument to George William Frederick Howard can be found on top of Bulmer Hill just outside the village.

[6] To the west of the village is Bulmer Beck that runs southwards to eventually join the River Derwent.

Primary education can be found in the nearby villages of Sheriff Hutton, Welburn, Terrington and Thornton-le-Clay.

The church contains the last remaining tablet of a Methodist chapel,[citation needed] which used to be present in the village and was built around 1842.