Walkington, North Humberside
Walkington photos
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Walkington maps
Historic maps of Walkington and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Walkington maps
Walkington books
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Memories of Walkington
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North Humberside memories
I lived in Little Weighton many years ago. My grandparents lived in Little Weighton. They were called Albert and Nellie Wright, who had a paper round for a business, and my other gran named Millie Shirtcliffe. They lived up New Village Road where my brother Chris lives now.
I was christened at Rowley Church and my grandparents are buried there. I... [more]
Shared on 05 August 2009
My father lived at 7 Beck Side North as a child having moved there from Hull. The gardens were long and contained fruit trees. His father was a keen gardener. The neighbours kept cows and sold milk! My father fell in the beck aged 3 but managed to get out.
Shared on 10 July 2008
I was looking through the photes of Beverley, the man in the picture of the Lock, in the flat cap and shirt sleeves must be Mr Block. He used to come round to my house when I was a boy selling mushrooms that he collected on Figham.
Shared on 23 July 2006
The view is of Cowgate looking south. The white building in the background is the Green Dragon Inn - once a haunt of Dick Turpin. The beck, mill dam and church are just to the left. Welton once had 3 water mills - the last of which was working into the 1950s
Shared on 17 August 2006
I walked and played down here. My aunty and uncle owned one of the house boats nearby and my father worked at Marshalls quarry/mill for a while. The area has changed a lot ,mostly to car parking. We rode our bikes round Little Swits and often visited Humberfield quarry to watch the train come out of the tunnel. There isn't much... [more]
Shared on 20 January 2009
I spent many happy hours down at the Haven, fishing and playing in general. I also collected coke from the gas house round the corner down what was then the weigh bridge, dodging the steam from the locomotives.
Shared on 20 January 2009
I was order boy for quite a few proprietors, one being Mallorys in Prestongate. This photo is slightly earlier.
Shared on 20 January 2009
I would walk through the rose gardens after church and Sunday school.
Shared on 20 January 2009
Extracts From Walkington & North Humberside books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Walkington, inspired by Frith photos.
Villages of Yorkshire Photographic Memories
This is a quiet spot just west of Beverley. The village was built around Walkington Hall, and has a charming village pond. In the 1960s, farm land began to be sold off for development, and the village supports a post office and general store, together with two pubs - The Dog and Duck and The Ferguson Fawsitt, named after the lord... [more]
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The Hayride, which takes place in Walkington on the third Sunday in June, began after the Second World War. A colourful procession of splendid Shire horses pull ancient corn wagons around the area, a tradition known nowhere else in Britain.
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Two ancient churches occupy sites in the Old Town: St Mary's in nearby Lowgate, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, shown here with its attendant market stalls. The church stands on the site of an earlier chapel, and was consecrated in around 1425. The fabric contains large areas of the earliest surviving medieval brickwork in England, and it is reputedly the largest parish church, by area, in the country.
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