http://yorkstories.co.uk 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 http://yorkstories.co.uk/yorkshire-memorials/tatton-sykes-monument-garton/#comment-714847 Sat, 25 Feb 2023 05:02:00 +0000 http://yorkstories.co.uk/ten/?page_id=1633#comment-714847 We live on Merritt Island (Cocoa Beach/Space Coast) Florida and part of the intercostal is names Sykes Creek after Sir Tithonus Sykes who liked to hunt there!

]]> http://yorkstories.co.uk/yorkshire-memorials/tatton-sykes-monument-garton/#comment-689852 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:13:00 +0000 http://yorkstories.co.uk/ten/?page_id=1633#comment-689852 My great great grandfather John Elliott worked at Sledmere House as a shepherd and tales of Sir Tatton Sykes eccentricities have passed down the family. I didn’t know about this monument. I’d like to visit it and Sledmere House one day.

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