Elias and Hannah Harlington had at least six children who
were baptised in Owston or Burghwallis.
Date of Birth
Betty Harlington
1783
Thomas Harlington
4 Feb 1786
David Harlington
1788
Solomon Harlington
11 Sep 1790
William Harlington
3 Dec 1792
Oliver Harlington
1798
Modern day Owston is a small village and civil parish in
the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South
Yorkshire, England. Historically it was part of the West
Riding of Yorkshire. This rural village is situated amongst
mixed farmland and woodland 6 miles (9.7 km) north
north west of Doncaster, just west of the A19. It had a
population of 170 in 2001, which fell to 145 according to
the 2011 Census.
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Burghwallis like this:
BURGH-WALLIS, a township and a parish in Doncaster district, W. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the Roman road to York, adjacent to the Dutch river, 1¾ mile
SW of Askerne r. station, and 7 NNW of Doncaster; and it includes parts of the hamlets of Robin Hood's Well and Haywood. Pop., 226. Houses, 39. The parish
includes also part of the township of Sutton; and its Post Town is Askerne, under Doncaster. Acres, 1,700. Real property, exclusive of the part of Sutton, £2,555.
Pop., 237. Houses, 42. The property is divided among a few. Burgh-Wallis House belonged formerly to the Anns; but belongs now to M. Tasburgh, Esq.; and the
ancient mansion has given place to a modern one. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £275.* Patron, M. Tasburgh, Esq. The church contains
some old monuments, and is fair.