In the penultimate #PaSymp20 post on late medieval Cirencester, Joe Chick (WarwickHistory) discusses links between belfries, wills and parish politics: tinyurl.com/ybfhfojr

For anyone interested in my perambulation endeavours...

One of the oldest effigies in Yorkshire. The legs were chopped off to make room for a new pulpit by the 18C "restorers" and Sir John was relegated sideways to the north wall of St Martin's, Bulmer.

When you pull an all-nighter but you’re the parish minister and you’re so full of drink you drop your hat in the fire

Fantastic book, essential for anyone interested in boundaries #PaSymp20

One of the oldest churches in North Yorkshire: St Gregory's Minster, Kirkdale. Fantastic sundial above the door, surviving from C11. My old English isn't quite up to scratch, but apparently the inscription tells of its decay & dilapidation before its restoration in c1060

The Shambles on the eve of the first national lockdown vs. The Shambles on the last Saturday before Christmas

A rather snowy Causey Arch, the oldest surviving railway bridge (1727).

Though sadly without the bells or booze, though Iceland probably could have helped with the latter 😅 #PaSymp21

... a more serious aspect of my thesis, migration and mobility in York. Lots of short-distance migration and parish swapping! #PaSymp21

Reading a court case about a parish clerk accused of urinating against the church (“I have not above once pissed ag[ains]t ye Church”) but think someone got bored👀

Came across this cabinet at Carlisle Cathedral and it was covered in C18 graffiti 😍 anyone have any idea what it was for? Looks too big for books...

Really enjoyed writing a blog post for this week's #MonsterTakeover! Here are my six reasons why the UoY Borthwick Institute for Archives's church court papers are my go to source...

They've certainly kept me going through the year of no archives UoY Borthwick Institute for Archives!

Finally at the stage of my thesis where I get to write about poor boxes 🥳 celebrating with a snap of one of my favourites, a 1673 box from All Hallow's in Sutton (North Yorks.)

An eerie replica of a gibbet in Northumberland and the surviving base of a medieval cross. Last person hung was William Winter in 1791 for the murder of Margaret Crozier, giving it its name "Winter's Gibbet"

When 2 become 1

Think the staff at St Mary's (Whitby) are getting fed up... 🧛‍♂️

Lots of good stuff at St Oswald's in Grasmere, though this 1648 poor box steals the show for me.

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