Burghwallis is a small village and civil parish in rural South Yorkshire.
The village is situated amongst mixed farmland and woodland on a slight rise roughly six miles north north west of Doncaster, or one mile off the A1.
The village pub is the Burghwallis on Scorcher Hills Lane. The village church is dedicated to St Helen.
In contrast with most of the villages surrounding Doncaster, very little in the way of residential development took place ...
More
Burghwallis is a small village and civil parish in rural South Yorkshire.
The village is situated amongst mixed farmland and woodland on a slight rise roughly six miles north north west of Doncaster, or one mile off the A1.
The village pub is the Burghwallis on Scorcher Hills Lane. The village church is dedicated to St Helen.
In contrast with most of the villages surrounding Doncaster, very little in the way of residential development took place in Burghwallis during the 19th and 20th centuries. Today the village is one of a handful in the area to have retained much of its original character and has a very peaceful small-scale rural feel.
No church is mentioned in Burghwallis' entry in the Domesday Book, however the Grade II Listed St Helen's chapel is likely to have been either standing or under construction at the time. Several architectural features suggest it is of a pre-Conquest design, and it is held to have been built between 950 and 1100 AD. Parish records as far back as 1596...
Less
