[4] The civil parish is formed by the village of Burton Agnes and the hamlets of Gransmoor and Thornholme.

[5] From the mediaeval era until the 19th century Burton Agnes was part of Dickering Wapentake.

[6] Between 1894 and 1974 Burton Agnes was a part of the Bridlington Rural District, in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

[8] Burton Agnes primary school is on Rudston Road, also on which are playing fields, close to the cemetery.

Burton Agnes railway station on the Yorkshire Coast Line from Hull to Scarborough served the village until it closed on 5 January 1970.