#lightcliffe

[cuervom]

Please, could we travel back in time to 1840, bring Ann Walker and take care of her??

[insearchofannwalker]

Ann's Mourning of Anne

Discover the ways Ann implicitly and explicitly mourned Anne Lister after her death in 1840. Read this new blog by Diane Halford

This blog seeks to show the ways in which Ann Walker explicitly and implicitly mourned her wife after her death in 1840. She would not have been able to grieve in the way we would expect a widow to do so due to the lack of acknowledgment and acceptance of the true nature of their relationship within wider society. These facts are based on primary resources found in the archives. Anne’s Death and…

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[marlagraysonn]

1 Lydgate House, Ann’s family home 🫶🏻

[vitaandvirginia]

“I can walk anywhere in 25 minutes”  Anne ‘move, I’m gay’ Lister She fast ! 

[winteringinrome]

A room in the now demolished Crow Nest mansion in Lightcliffe - home of Ann Walker.

[em2205]

Also visited the final resting places of Anne Lister and Ann Walker. It’s a shame they’re not together after being together against all the odds of the time ☹️

Anne Lister is interred at Halifax Minister and her memorial stone was found during renovation works in 2000. They don’t know exactly where she’s buried in the minister, but they know the general location. Apparently there are plans to make a replica of her memorial stone, which as you can see from photo is damaged.

Ann Walker is buried at St Matthews old church, Lightcliffe. She was buried under the pulpit of the church, but the church was was demolished in the 1970’s. The grounds are maintained by an organisation called Friends of the Friendless Churches. There is an official plaque in the church yard but someone has marked the spot where the pulpit would have been ❤️

[cuervom]

On 25th February 1854, Ann Walker passed away and, yesterday (and a bit today, too) I spent the entire day sensitive, emotional and sad. Hoping that, in that day, she was feeling completely in peace, without any pain and knowing she deserved the best.

Thanks for exist, thanks for your braveness, Ann.

[marlagraysonn]

Left some Flowers for Smol Ann