Monthly letter from Fr Richard
March ‘Letter from Fr Richard’ can be seen here
Burghwallis Once Derelict
Burghwallis was listed in the Doomsday Book of 1086 as a burgh associated with the Wallis family. It doesn’t list St Helen’s as the church was still being built at the time but does mention the original Manor House, Burghwallis Hall. Yet if you look […]
Strongbow Wins Litter Bug Award
It was raining, cold and miserable when 12 hearty souls from Burghwallis assembled outside Squirrel Wood Camp site on 17th February. Their mission; to clear the length of Abbe’s Walk of the rubbish deposited by countless bogans over the last nine months. Abbe’s Walk is […]
South Yorks Police Invitation
Want to chat to the police? Here’s an invitation from the police you might normally hope to avoid:- “We want to speak to you as part of our enquiries”. South Yorkshire Police are giving the public the opportunity to “drop in” to an open meeting […]
Plogging Gets Green Light
Despite our Anglo-Saxon origins and the Viking influences on Burghwallis we still have a lot to learn from the Baltic regions. The concept of “plogging” is a thriving new trend originating in Scandinavia. It involves the combination of jogging with litter picking; maybe the other […]