Category Archives: Yorkshire

northernvicarwalks – August 2021

Posted on September 1, 2021 by admin

I should entitle these monthly summaries “northernvicardoesn’twalk” or “northernvicarridestherails”. I only walked 20 miles this month. I rode lots of trains. The Wrexham Bidston line, Sheffield trams (though I had to walk the final mile when they took my tram … Continue reading →

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northernvicarwalks September 2020

Posted on October 21, 2020 by admin

You know it is going to be a bad month when, on 1 September, you go for a 5 mile walk which has as one of its goals, posting a small parcel at the Post Office. Hannah had prepared it, … Continue reading →

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northernvicarwalks August 2020

Posted on September 23, 2020 by admin

I’ve already blogged the National Memorial Arboretum and my 5 mile walk there on the 1st of the month. We opened St Edmund’s in Allestree on 2 August – so both my churches were open within three weeks of it … Continue reading →

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northernvicarwalks June 2020

Posted on July 16, 2020 by admin

Covid continues, aided by a shambolic government. We learned about social distancing and managed to get one church open for Private Prayer. I made lots of phone calls, and posted on facebook every day. Here are my ramblings. I managed … Continue reading →

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northernvicarwalks – January 2020 (everything else)

Posted on February 2, 2020 by admin

I started the year with a 7 mile walk – into town via Chester Green and back via Markeaton Brook – and on 3rd I did 5 miles which included a wander past Darley Abbey Mill. A bit more over … Continue reading →

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Tadcaster, North Yorkshire – St Mary

Posted on February 1, 2020 by admin

Hannah (our daughter) now has a house in South Milford, North Yorkshire. As the bank of mum and dad have helped, I think that owning property in Yorkshire makes me a Yorkshireman! Anyway, we have new churches to investigate. St … Continue reading →

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Middleton, Leeds – Railway, Park and St Mary’s (outside)

Posted on May 13, 2019 by admin

Our daughter Hannah was doing a morning’s on-call at her surgery, which isn’t far from the Middleton Railway in Leeds. We drove up the M1 and met her there about 1 – then she and Julie went off shopping leaving … Continue reading →

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York – All Saints, North Street

Posted on May 3, 2019 by admin

Our final church was All Saints, North Street – and I am sorry it has taken me so long to blog this final church. This church is on the other side of the River Ouse, and the first reference to … Continue reading →

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York, Yorkshire – St Martin, Coney Street

Posted on March 16, 2019 by admin

Now for church 4, St Martin’s Coney Street was the next one we visited on our crawl of medieval churches in York – https://stmartinsyork.org.uk/ I have walked past this church lots of times, as the City Screen Picturehouse next to … Continue reading →

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York, Yorkshire – All Saints Pavement

Posted on March 14, 2019 by admin

The third church we visited on our crawl of medieval churches in York, was All Saints Pavement. I have reached the stage of photoing the name boards. Fortunately this church has a good leaflet. The leaflet suggest this was probably … Continue reading →

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