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  • Welcome
  • Legacy
    • 2025 Fundraising for Local Foodbank
      • Ann Walker’s Fundraising Appeal 2024
        • Ann Walker’s Fundraising Appeal 2023
        • Ann Walker’s Fundraising Appeal 2022
        • ANN’S LEGACY AUCTION 2022
    • Ann’s Ledger Stone & Update
    • Restoring to Glory
    • Ann Walker’s Memorial Update
    • Ann Walker Day at ALBW 2022
    • How has Ann Walker inspired you?
      • #AnnWalkerBirthdayChallenge
  • All About Ann
    • All about Ann – Want To Know More?
    • Booklet
    • Ann’s Early Travels
    • Ann’s Shibden in the News
    • Ann Walker’s Giving
    • Ann’s Return
    • Ann Walker’s Humour
    • Ann’s Mourning of Anne
    • “My dearest Elizabeth”
    • Ann Walker in Paris
    • Ann Walker’s 5 Days In London
    • Myth Buster: Ann Walker’s Drinking Habits
    • Sussex House and Ann Walker
    • Where was Ann Walker after Anne Lister’s death?
    • The Last Days of Ann Walker
    • Ann Walker’s Coat of Arms – A Quest for Social Standing?
    • Ann’s Artwork
    • Ann’s Education
    • Ann Walker’s Return to Shibden
    • Medical Research into Ann Walker’s Death
    • Common Myths Busted
    • Was Ann forcibly removed from Shibden Hall?
    • Ann Walker Quiz
  • Ann’s Diary
    • Diary Comparison Portal
    • WE FOUND IT!!!
    • Ann, Family and Shibden Hall
    • Ann Walker’s Journal Date Finder
    • Ann Walker’s Journal Keyword Finder
  • Ann’s People
  • Book
    • Searching for Ann Walker
    • Additional reading
  • Blogs
    • The Inman Family
    • “…some little whispers…”
    • Elizabeth, Evan Charles and Annie Sutherland
    • An Overview of Asylums in England to 1850 and the Connection with Ann Walker
    • The Sinking of the Comet
    • Mary Sutherland
    • A Short History of Heworth Grange
    • Milnes, Stansfelds and Briggs – Unitarians
    • Kirkstall Abbey
    • My Dear Miss Walker
    • Hipperholme Grammar School Clock & the Shibden Hall Connection
    • The Inquisition of Ann Walker
    • Adney Bridge, Shibden Park
    • Remembering Ann’s Relatives
    • William Priestley Letters
    • Politics in Gentleman Jack Season 2, Episode 5
    • The Piece Hall – Halifax Landmark
    • William Rawson & Co. and the Birth of Rawson’s Bank
    • August 1843: Atkinson vs Walker
    • April 1843: Ann Walker and the ‘Durnford Incident’
    • Slavery and Shibden Hall
    • September 1843: What Happened to Ann Walker?
  • Welcome
  • Legacy
    • 2025 Fundraising for Local Foodbank
      • Ann Walker’s Fundraising Appeal 2024
        • Ann Walker’s Fundraising Appeal 2023
        • Ann Walker’s Fundraising Appeal 2022
        • ANN’S LEGACY AUCTION 2022
    • Ann’s Ledger Stone & Update
    • Restoring to Glory
    • Ann Walker’s Memorial Update
    • Ann Walker Day at ALBW 2022
    • How has Ann Walker inspired you?
      • #AnnWalkerBirthdayChallenge
  • All About Ann
    • All about Ann – Want To Know More?
    • Booklet
    • Ann’s Early Travels
    • Ann’s Shibden in the News
    • Ann Walker’s Giving
    • Ann’s Return
    • Ann Walker’s Humour
    • Ann’s Mourning of Anne
    • “My dearest Elizabeth”
    • Ann Walker in Paris
    • Ann Walker’s 5 Days In London
    • Myth Buster: Ann Walker’s Drinking Habits
    • Sussex House and Ann Walker
    • Where was Ann Walker after Anne Lister’s death?
    • The Last Days of Ann Walker
    • Ann Walker’s Coat of Arms – A Quest for Social Standing?
    • Ann’s Artwork
    • Ann’s Education
    • Ann Walker’s Return to Shibden
    • Medical Research into Ann Walker’s Death
    • Common Myths Busted
    • Was Ann forcibly removed from Shibden Hall?
    • Ann Walker Quiz
  • Ann’s Diary
    • Diary Comparison Portal
    • WE FOUND IT!!!
    • Ann, Family and Shibden Hall
    • Ann Walker’s Journal Date Finder
    • Ann Walker’s Journal Keyword Finder
  • Ann’s People
  • Book
    • Searching for Ann Walker
    • Additional reading
  • Blogs
    • The Inman Family
    • “…some little whispers…”
    • Elizabeth, Evan Charles and Annie Sutherland
    • An Overview of Asylums in England to 1850 and the Connection with Ann Walker
    • The Sinking of the Comet
    • Mary Sutherland
    • A Short History of Heworth Grange
    • Milnes, Stansfelds and Briggs – Unitarians
    • Kirkstall Abbey
    • My Dear Miss Walker
    • Hipperholme Grammar School Clock & the Shibden Hall Connection
    • The Inquisition of Ann Walker
    • Adney Bridge, Shibden Park
    • Remembering Ann’s Relatives
    • William Priestley Letters
    • Politics in Gentleman Jack Season 2, Episode 5
    • The Piece Hall – Halifax Landmark
    • William Rawson & Co. and the Birth of Rawson’s Bank
    • August 1843: Atkinson vs Walker
    • April 1843: Ann Walker and the ‘Durnford Incident’
    • Slavery and Shibden Hall
    • September 1843: What Happened to Ann Walker?

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  • Ann’s People

    Mary (née Edwards) Walker of Crow Nest

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