It lies 1 mile (1.6 km) to the east of the A1079 road.

[1] On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Hayton.

[2] The church dedicated to St Giles was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1967, and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.

[3] Burnby was served by Nunburnholme railway station on the York to Beverley Line between 1847 and 1951.

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