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 […]
Defibrillator Update
We have been informed that our application for support funding for the acquisition of a community defibrillator has been approved and the machine is now on order. It is expected that the machine will be sited on the outside wall of The Burghwallis Pub, and […]
Letter From Fr. Richard
The February letter from Fr. Richard Walton can be seen here
Jean Hayes (84) Funeral Sermon
Jean Hayes of Grange Lane Burghwallis died on December 2017 Jean was born in South Kirby where she lived with her parents Charles and Gwen. Jean was the oldest of four girls with her sisters: Sheila, Barbara and Susan. Although because her dad worked as […]
Blue Is New Colour For Recycling
The march of the blue wheelie bin has arrived in Burghwallis. Essentially replacing the existing green boxes with four times the capacity the blue wheelies will be collected once a fortnight. But not until March this year. The delay will allow the 136,000 new bins […]
Village Flag at Half Mast
The village flag is being flown at half mast in recognition of the passing of Jean Hayes, of Grange Lane, at Christmas.