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Along the walls, to the Rigg monument and the Tuke house

A walk over to Lawrence Street, via the bar walls, visiting the restored Rigg monument and checking on progress at the Tuke House (St Lawrence WMC).

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Not forgotten: Rigg family monument

Rigg family monument, St Lawrence's churchyard, 2 June 2011

Thoughts on the Civic Trust’s plans to restore the Rigg family monument in the churchyard of St Lawrence’s.

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A bench in Miller’s Yard

Tom Mason's bench in Millers Yard

A memorial plaque on a bench in Miller’s Yard, Gillygate.

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Tagged   Gillygate

Hearts and flowers

Wildflowers

Poppleton Road, carriageworks site, the Holgate Arch and a meadow, ten years on.

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Tagged   2004-2014, Fairbank archive, Holgate

Who was Paul Woosey?

Bench with memorial plaque
Regular readers might recognise this plaque, as I’ve mentioned it before. I’m mentioning it again because it’s relevant to a current debate.

‘By the tree’ used to be ‘a great place to meet mates’, as … More … →

Tagged   King's Square, plaques, reinvigoration

York looks like home to me: John Woolman

‘One whose quiet voice has still a message for this weary world’.

Memorial to John Woolman, York. Small plain headstone with curved top.
This gravestone, in the Quaker burial ground in Bishophill, stands … More … →

Quaker burial ground, Bishophill

Lawned area, gravestones in front of high walls, old red brick
It’s many years since I visited the Bishophill burial ground of the Society of Friends (Quakers). It’s tucked away behind flats, to one side of More … →

In memory of her children

Early 18th century memorial, stone tablet with inscription

Near this Place lye Buried
the Bodies of Eight Children of
THOMAS BARKER Esq
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