Those taking a stroll down Abbe’s Walk may have been mystified by the recent appearance of a stone monolith. The new stone is the first phase in a project to mark the original position of the Plague Well that greeted visitors entering the village […]
And there we have it. The message clearly said a bunch of volunteers were going to rub up and down a 20 foot wooden pole. Burghwallis was about to replace the historic May pole dancing festival with a new outdoors pole dancing club – presumably […]
A Burghwallis police special constable wins the South Yorkshire Police Sportsman of the Year 2014 Two residents in Old Village Street Burghwallis, who may at first glance look like ordinary police are actually in the South Yorkshire mounted police division where their vehicles involve real […]
Regulation 16 Publication of Burghwallis Neighbourhood Development Plan Following the completion of Regulation 14 pre-submission consultation and publicity on our Neighbourhood Plan, the Parish Council have submitted the Plan and associated documents to the Local Planning Authority for examination under Part 5 of the Neighbourhood […]
The renovation of the pinfold approaches completion. An energetic team of volunteers finished the latest stage on Saturday 27th June 2015. The grass area to the lower section around the spring is showing signs of new growth. No easy task as the area is in […]
The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft a-gley. The words of Burns hold as good today as when this phrase was penned in 1786, for the newly planted saplings along Scorcher Hills Road have survived a close shave with a flail mower. […]
The much-missed gates at Burghwallis Hall, which unfortunately, were not missed by clumsy truck drivers, are potentially to be reinstated. Burghwallis is an ancient village where many people, not necessarily ancient, have lived in the village for many years. Changes have been slow and mostly […]
One of the key objectives of the neighbourhood plan is to protect the layout and appearance of the village. This is not to freeze the village in time, more to ensure that key buildings and structures are protected from any future strident development. As part […]
Those of certain age may recall a promotion launched by the government to “Plant a Tree in 73”. Forty two years on those trees have grown to maturity, that is unless they subsequently fell foul of various DEFRA schemes to pay farmers to remove hedgerows […]
The public consultation period on the Burghwallis plan is still in progress – your chance to have a look at the final draft of the plan anytime up to the 27th March. Do remember the surgery session which is will be the held in the […]