Baine’s Yorkshire, West Riding 1822
Burghwallis
Population 1811 – 207 1821 – 237
Burghwallis, in thewapentake of Osgoldcross, & honour of Potefract, 6 ½ miles NNW of Doncaster.
Tasburgh, Michael, Esq.
Blackburn, John, wheelwright.
Gawthorpe, Rbt., blacksmith.
Pinder, James, boot & shoe maker.
Thompson, Wm., cabinet maker.
White’s Directory 1837
BURGH-WALLIS is a straggling village, finely shaded with trees, 7 miles NNW of Doncaster. Its parish has 223 inhabitants, and 1826 acres of land, including SKELLOW GRANGE, 1 mile S.; the hamlet of HAYWOOD, or Heywood, nearly 2 miles E. of Burgh Wallis; a few cottages, which form part of the village of Sutton, in Campsall parish; and part of the hamlet of Robin Hood’s Well, which is chiefly in Skelbrooke township, and has two good inns on the great North road, 7 miles NNW of Doncaster. G, Higgins, Esq., owns Skellow Grange, and Michael Anne Tasburgh, Esq., is owner and lord of the manor of Burgh Wallis, and resides at the Hall, a handsome modern mansion, erected at the beginning of the present century, and having a small Catholic chapel. The ancient family of Ann or Anne, were long seated here, and from them the Tasburghs are descended. The Church (St. Helen) is a small ancient fabric, and is a rectory valued in K.B. at £14. 6s. 10 1/2d., and in 1831 at £275, being endowed with one-sixth part of the tithe of Sutton. M. A. Tasburgh, Esq., is patron, and the Rev. George Wyatt, L.L.B., incumbent. The rectory-house was rebuilt about 25 years ago, at the cost of £1500. The poor have the interest of £5, and the rent of 2A. 1R. of land in Sutton-field, purchased in 1678, with £10, left by Wm. Huscroft.
Marked 1 reside in Heywood, 2 Skellow Grange, and the others in Burgh Wallis.
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Blackburn, Job, wheelwright.
Gawthorpe, Robert, blacksmith.
Gilberthorpe, Mrs Catharine.
2 Hall. Wm. Quable, maltster & miller.
2 Higgins, Godfrey, Esq., Skellow grange.
La Reux, Rev., – (Catholic).
*Smith, Geo., vict. New Inn, Robin Hood’s Well.
FARMERS
Cranes –
Firth, Joseph.
1 Gilberthorpe, G.
1 Hartley, Robert.
1 Huntsman, Wm.
1 Massey, Joseph.
1 Warterland, Rd.
Tasburgh, Michl. Anne, Esq., Burgh Wallis house.
Wyatt, Re. Geo. L.L.B., rector
Kelly’s Directory of the West Riding of Yorkshire 1861
BURGHWALLIS is a township, parish, and small pleasant village, situated on the old London and York road, 2 ½ miles south-west from Askern railway station on the Lancashire and Yorkshire line of railway, 7 north-west from Doncaster, and 9 south-east from Pontefract, in the upper division of Osgoldcross wapentake, Doncaster union and deanery, and diocese of York. The church (St. Helen) is an ancient stone fabric in the mixed style of architecture, with tower and three bells; has a nave, aisle, chancel, old register chest, and a few ancient monuments. The living is a rectory, worth £275 yearly, with residence, and is endowed with a sixth part of the tithes of Sutton, in the gift of George Anne, Esq.; the Rev. Francis William Peel, M.A., is the rector. Burghwallis Hall, the seat of George Anne, Esq., is a mansion, with Roman Catholic Chapel attached. Skellow Grange, in this township, 1-mile southwest from the church, the seat of Mrs Hatfield, is a handsome mansion, in a well-wooded park. Haywood, a small hamlet, 2 ½ miles east from the village, and a part of Robin Hood’s Well, are in this parish. The population of the township in 1861 was 226, and of the parish 190, with 1,826 acres of land, chiefly belonging to George Anne, Esq., who is lord of the manor. The soil is clayey and sandy; the subsoil is limestone, sand, clay, and marl. The chief crops are wheat, oats and barley. The charities are 2 ¾ acres of land in Sutton field. Burghwallis was a Roman station.
Anne, George, esq. Burghwallis Hall.
Hatfield, Mrs. Skellow Grange.
Peel Rev. Francis Wm. M.A. Rectory.
COMMERCIAL
Burton, Wm. shoemaker & parish clerk.
Crowcroft, Richard, farmer.
Day, William, farmer, Haywood.
Dobson, William, farmer, Haywood.
Gawthorpe, Job, blacksmith.
Gilverthorpe, George, farmer, Haywood.
Hirst, Charles, farmer, haywood.
Holmes, William, miller, Skellow mill.
Mawson, Christopher, wheelwright & shopkeeper.
Mawson, John, farmer, Haywood.
Parkin, John, farmer.
Sorsby, Richard, tailor.
Taylor, Wm., farmer, Haywood.
Letters through Doncaster, which is the nearest money order office.
Kelly’s Directory of the West Riding 1867
BURGHWALLIS is a parish, and small pleasant village, situated on the old London and York road, 2 ½ miles south-west from Askern railway station on the Lancashire and Yorkshire line of railway, 2 ½ north from Adwick-le-Street and Carcroft station on the West Riding and Grimsby line of railway, 7 north-west from Doncaster, and 9 south-east from Pontefract, in the Southern division of the Riding, in the upper division of Osgoldcross wapentake, Doncaster union, county court district and rural deanery, and diocese of York. The church of St. Ellen is an ancient stone fabric, in several styles of architecture, with tower and three bells; has a nave, aisle, chancel, old register chest, and a few ancient monuments. The register dates from 1597. The living is a rectory, endowed with a sixth part of the tithes of Sutton, annual value £275, with residence, in the gift of George Anne, Esq., and held by the Rev. Francis William Peel, M.A., of Worcestor College, Oxford.
. Burghwallis Hall, the seat of George Anne, Esq., is a mansion, with Roman Catholic Chapel attached. Skellow Grange, in this township, 1-mile south-west from the church, the seat of Mrs Hatfield, is a handsome mansion, in a well-wooded park. Haywood, a small hamlet, 2 ½ miles east from the village, and a part of Robin Hood’s Well, are in this parish. The population of the township in 1861 was 226, and of the parish 190, with 1,826 acres of land, chiefly belonging to George Anne, Esq., who is lord of the manor. The soil is clayey and sandy; the subsoil is limestone, sand, clay, and marl. The chief crops are wheat, oats and barley. The charities are 2 ¾ acres of land in Sutton field. Burghwallis was a Roman station.
Anne, George, esq. Burghwallis Hall.
Hatfield, Mrs. Skellow Grange.
Peel Rev. Francis Wm. M.A. Rectory.
COMMERCIAL
Burton, Wm. shoemaker & parish clerk.
Crowcroft, Richard, farmer.
Day, William, farmer, Haywood.
Dobson, William, farmer, Haywood.
Gawthorpe, Job, blacksmith.
Gilverthorpe, George, farmer, Haywood.
Hirst, Charles, farmer, haywood.
Holmes, William, miller, Skellow mill.
Mawson, Christopher, wheelwright & shopkeeper.
Mawson, John, farmer, Haywood.
Parkin, John, farmer.
Sorsby, Richard, tailor.
Taylor, Wm., farmer, Haywood.
Letters through Doncaster, which is the nearest money order office.
Langdale’s Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire. (1822)]
In 1822, the Parish of ADWICK LE STREET contained:
“ADWICK LE STREET, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 4 miles NW. of Doncaster, 6 from Rotherham, 10 from Pontefract, 13 from Barnsley, 32 from York. Pop. 346. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Laurence, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, £4. 13s. 4d. Patron, J. Kellerton, Esq.”
“RED HOUSE, a public house in the township and parish of Adwick le Street; 5 miles NW. of Doncaster, 10 from Pontefract.”
“WOODLANDS, (the seat of Mrs. Waterton) in the township and parish of Adwick le Street, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 3½ miles from Doncaster, 11½ from Pontefract.”
In 1822, the Parish of BURGHWALLIS contained:
“BURGHWALLIS, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; (the seat of Michael Tasburgh, Esq.) 6½ miles NNW. of Doncaster, 9 from Pontefract, 30 from York. Pop. 237. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Helen, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, £14. 6s. 10½d. Patron, Michael Tasburgh, Esq.”
“SUTTON, in the parishes of Campsall and Burghwallis, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 7 miles N. of Doncaster, 11 from Ferrybridge. Pop. 145.”
“ROBIN HOOD’S WELL, a hamlet east side in the township of Burghwallis, and parish of Owston, west side in the township and parish of Skellbrook; 6¾ miles NW. of Doncaster.
Robin Hoods Well is a square building, nine feet high, and joins the turnpike road. A mile and a half from this piece, Robin Hood is said to have robbed the Bishop of Hereford, and about a quarter of a mile from the Well, is Bishop Tree Root. On this spot stood the Tree, round which Robin made the Bishop dance in his boots, after he had robbed him.
Nescit sitis artem modi,
Puteum Roberti Hoodi
Veni, et liquente vena
Vincto catino catena,
Tollens sitim, parcum odi,
Solvens obolum custodi.
In 1822, the Parish of OWSTON contained:
“OWSTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract, (Owston Hall, the seat of Phillip Davis Cook, Esq.) 6 miles N. of Doncaster, 10 from Pontefract, 31 from York. Pop. 306. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, ~£7. 0s. 2½d. p.r. £100. Patron, Phillip Davis Cook, Esq.”
“CARCROFT, scattered farm-houses, in the township and parish of Owston, liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles NW. of Doncaster.”
“ROBIN HOOD’S WELL, a hamlet east side in the township of Burghwallis, and parish of Owston, west side in the township and parish of Skellbrook; 6¾ miles NW. of Doncaster.”
“SKELLOW, in the parish of Owston, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles NW. of Doncaster, 10 from Pontefract. Pop. 146.”
“SKELLOW GRANGE, a hamlet (the seat of Godfrey Higgins, Esq.) in the township of Skellow, and parish of Owston, liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles from Doncaster, 9 from Pontefract.”