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
Thoughts on the Civic Trust’s plans to restore the Rigg family monument in the churchyard of St Lawrence’s.
More …A bench in Miller’s Yard
Hearts and flowers
Who was Paul Woosey?
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 …
York looks like home to me: John Woolman
‘One whose quiet voice has still a message for this weary world’.
This gravestone, in the Quaker burial ground in Bishophill, stands … More …
Quaker burial ground, Bishophill
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
Near this Place lye Buried
the Bodies of Eight Children of
THOMAS BARKER Esq
By his … More …