Burghwallis, West Riding

Description
Burghwallis, a village, a township, and a parish in the W.R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the Roman road to York, 1 1/2 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 Askern, 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.