Burghwallis, West Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Burghwallis, a village, a township, and a parish in the W.R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the Roman road to York, 1½ mile SW of Askern railway station, and 7 miles NNW of Doncaster, under which it has a post office; money order office, Askern. Acreage, 941; population of the civil parish, 138; of the ecclesiastical, 129. Burghwallis House belongs to the lord of the manor and chief landowner. It is 2 miles due west of Askem, and was enlarged and received a modern front about the beginning of the nineteenth century. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York; net value, £204 with residence. The church contains some old monuments.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Yorkshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Burgh-Wallis St. Helen | |
Poor Law union | Doncaster | |
Riding | West | |
Wapentake | Osgoldcross |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Burghwallis Parish Registers (Christenings, Marriages, Burials), 1596-1812 (£)
Findmypast, in conjunction with various Archives, Local Studies, and Family History Societies have the following parish records online for Burghwallis:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1597-1915 | 1754-1898 | 1597-1928 | 1597-1980 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Burghwallis from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Burgh-Wallis (St. Helen))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the West Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Burghwallis are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following West Riding newspapers online: