Byram cum Sutton

Byram cum Sutton is a civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, containing the village of Byram and the hamlet of Sutton. The River Aire runs to the south of the parish, and the town of Knottingley is the other side of the river in West Yorkshire. The A1(M) passes to the west of the parish. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,406, increasing to 1,434 at the 2011 Census.

History

The civil parish was created in 1891, when the civil parishes of Byram cum Poole and Sutton, both in the West Riding of Yorkshire, were terminated. The new parish became part of Pontefract Rural District when it was formed in 1894, and of Osgoldcross Rural District from 1938. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Selby, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.