Comments on: Where once there was a church: St Maurice’s http://yorkstories.co.uk/where-once-there-was-a-church-st-maurices/ A resident's record of York and its changes Wed, 05 Mar 2025 17:45:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 By: Steve Barrett http://yorkstories.co.uk/where-once-there-was-a-church-st-maurices/#comment-766626 Thu, 14 Mar 2024 15:52:09 +0000 #comment-766626 Hi Lisa
One of the most important figures in York history during the Regency period was Faith Gray who helped reform schools, hospitals and set up a female friendly society with her friend Catherine Cappe. Faith and her family including her husband William are buried in vaults in St Maurice’s churchyard.
Are those vaults still there? Is there any memorial to this amazing woman?
Best wishes
Steve Barrett

]]> By: keith sykes http://yorkstories.co.uk/where-once-there-was-a-church-st-maurices/#comment-726132 Thu, 26 Oct 2023 12:04:47 +0000 #comment-726132 Stephen – 1st comment – the fruit & veg shop between the bottom of Lord Mayor’s Walk and Monk Bar was Grievesons.

]]> By: keith sykes http://yorkstories.co.uk/where-once-there-was-a-church-st-maurices/#comment-717725 Sun, 27 Aug 2023 10:12:14 +0000 #comment-717725 Contributor’s comments interesting to me, as I was born in the Groves (1942). I was a chorister at St Maurice’s. The article about the organ from the church being re-installed elsewhere – our organist and choirmaster was a Mr Scott. Every year at Easter, we performed The Messiah or The crucifiction (Steiner). The Revd. Bulmer was in charge. Once a year we had a procession from St Maurice’s to Holy Trinity Goodramgate.

]]> By: Sue http://yorkstories.co.uk/where-once-there-was-a-church-st-maurices/#comment-714193 Sun, 29 Jan 2023 15:05:18 +0000 #comment-714193 This was the church where where my parents were married in 1949 and where I was baptised in 1952, and, whilst researching my family tree, I found that my 5x great grandparents had their son baptised here in 1813. G g g g g grandfather was a corn dealer, on Lord Mayors Walk.

]]> By: AndyT http://yorkstories.co.uk/where-once-there-was-a-church-st-maurices/#comment-686117 Mon, 06 Apr 2020 10:19:38 +0000 #comment-686117 What an absolute criminal shame. Why on earth was it demolished?
Imagine how much better that area would look, if the church remained still?

They really did some unforgivable things in the 60s and 70s.

]]> By: York St John – Short Ghost Stories | Ollie's Blog http://yorkstories.co.uk/where-once-there-was-a-church-st-maurices/#comment-664625 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 15:13:18 +0000 #comment-664625 […] The parishioners of St Maurice’s lie under neatly-mown grass in a rather ‘municipal’ environment, with a bit of shrubbery for company, next to busy roads and an unbeautiful 20th century building. (http://yorkstories.co.uk/where-once-there-was-a-church-st-maurices/) […]

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