Sunday, June 5th, dawned damp, and didn’t change much during the day, but that did not stop several hundred hardy souls, and excited kids, turning out to enjoy the day celebrating Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee and to raise money for Ukrainian refugees. As well as […]
The village of Burghwallis has seen some changes over the centuries, some more noticeable than others. For a start the village was in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract. Do not feel alone if you stall at this point. This is the equivalent of […]
The ravages of time have spared Burghwallis. The Archives section of the village includes some rare photos of the village from the last century.
We are sure that we don’t need to remind you all that in a few week’s time we will be marking the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty. In view of current developments this is joint exercise; recognising the Queens jubilee and a fund raising event […]
The village of Burghwallis has had roughly the same number of residents for over 100 years. Registering a population of 243 in 1841, the current population is 249. The great plague of 1665 almost wiped the village out, and for some time Burghwallis was largely […]
Not many villages can trace its history from the doomsday book of 1086. As a result of the dedicated research of local historian Margaret Burns we are able to now publish a treasure trove of information unearthed by Margaret on the history of our small […]
Times have changed. This image from the Doncaster Gazette 1947 shows what was the main route from Burghwallis to Doncaster across Burghwallis Park. For those with better eyesight the second image features a report by reporter Kenneth Dutton, unfortunately part of the article is missing, […]
With Spring on its annual wakeup sequence, time to now breath in the fresh air, listen to nature, take deep breaths of calm. This is not that easy to accomplish after two years of Covid calamity. Many of us have experienced true hardship that will […]
After a splendid turn out the Great Britain Spring Clean “litterpickin” volunteers managed to wave the flag – or at least pick one up. The project has now ended, but regrettably the tossers remain and will dump with abandon. Brenda our organiser said:- Hi, just […]