A Brief History of the Coronation Garden, in Beverley, East Yorkshire A Georgian town house and another small house once stood on the site of the present Coronation Garden; among its owners was Mark Kirkby, the Hull merchant who created the Sledmere Estate. He lived there until 1748. By the 1820s, the house belonged to the Constable Family of Wassand, and was occupied by a relative, Peter Acklom Esq. Behind…
St Mary’s Church in Beverley as part of the North Celebrations is giving guided tours of showing off actual stocks that were used in the town. Other items too were on display in the Priest Room. Many of the things on display were hundreds of years old. Tours will continue from midday on Sunday the 12th July 2009. [nggallery id=56]
Full details and times with locations of the event s that will take place on Sunday July 12th 2009 to mark the 600th anniversary on Beverley’s historci North Bar. 10.00 – Market opens at Butterdings, Marlet Place, Beverley 10.00 – Start of parade from Beverley MInster 10.30 – Parade scheduled to arrive in Market Place, Beverley 11.15 – Opening Ceremony at North Bar 11.30 am – Living village pens in…
Founded in 1120, the Church of St Mary in Beverley is said to owe its origin to Thurstan, Archbishop of York, 1114-1143, who had been Provost of Beverley Minster. It was he who gathered the levies of the North with the banners of St Peter of York, St John of Beverley, and St Wilfrid of Ripon for the Battle of the Standard in 1138. St Mary’s was at first a…