Skellow Grange

In early documents, this estate was known as 'Newsome Grange'.  The house in the photograph was said by Edward miller (1804) to have been built by Geoffrey Higgins sometime in the late 1700's, although it is similar in outline to the house shown on a plan of the estate drawn by Joseph Colbeck in 1763. when it was the property of William Turbett.  he sold the estate to John Killingbeck from which Geoffrey Higgins purchased it in 1770.  Three generations of the Higgins family lived there and the estate was much improved during this time.  The Skell stream was dammed to form a pool at the south facing front of the house.

The most famous member of the family was Godfrey Higgins, it was he that wrote the 'Celtic Druids', a volume much in demand for it's fine drawings of stone circles and associated monuments. he was also noted for his successful endeavour to reform the management of the Lunatic Asylum at York and for the establishment of a Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Wakefield.

The estate passed from the Higgins family to a Mrs. Hatfield and was eventually bought by Mr. W.H. Humble, racehorse owner.  After Mr. Humble's death, a Mr. Turnbull bought the house and 1964, demolished it and built a modern house on the site.  He also had the name changed to 'Burghwallis Grange'.