Old Village Street
As one of the older parts of Burghwallis, and as shown in the 1379 poll tax census, home to a variety of tradesmen, the estimated population of the village then stood at 141. Today the tradesman and their trade workshops have all gone yet the […]
The History of Burghwallis and Bentley
It is not often a village can trace its history in such detailed form. We are lucky to be allowed to reproduce the dissertation complied by local historian Margaret Burns which traces our history over the centuries from pre Saxon Days to 1971. It is […]
Great Britain September Clean
Originally scheduled for April the much delayed Burghwallis litter picking exercise finally got underway today Saturday 12th September. The volunteers, all 10 of them, were all in their 60’s 70’s and 80’s. As someone pointed out they were all from the generation that were taught […]
Good News for the Gardeners
As the weather this summer has been ideal for growth in the garden – wet spells and then mini heatwaves – we have all generated much more green waste than usual, but have been stymied by the lack of green bin collections. This has been […]
The History of St Helen’s Church
As part of the kind donation of historical data from Margaret Burns we have now included a detailed history of St Helen’s church. Originating from Saxon times you may or may not be surprised at the amount of rebuilding, extension, repair and hidden burial vaults […]
Skellow Grange
Situated on the South Western boundary of the parish, many of us would not appreciate the history of the Grange from 1763, the home of Godfrey Higgins, “a less conventional member of the squirearchy” who was a “political radical, reforming county magistrate and idiosyncratic historian […]