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  • Welcome
  • Legacy
    • ANN’S LEGACY AUCTION
    • Ann Walker’s Fundraising Appeal
    • Restoring to Glory
    • Ann Walker’s Memorial Update
    • Ann Walker Day at ALBW 2022
    • How has Ann Walker inspired you?
      • #AnnWalkerBirthdayChallenge
  • All About Ann
    • Sussex House and Ann Walker
    • All about Ann – Want To Know More?
    • “My dearest Elizabeth”
    • Ann’s Return
    • Ann Walker’s Coat of Arms – A Quest for Social Standing?
    • Ann Walker’s 5 Days In London
    • Ann’s Artwork
    • Where was Ann Walker after Anne Lister’s death?
    • The Last Days of Ann Walker
    • Common Myths Busted
    • Was Ann forcibly removed from Shibden Hall?
    • Ann’s Education
    • Ann Walker Quiz
    • Medical Research into Ann Walker’s Death
    • Ann Walker’s Return to Shibden
  • Ann’s Diary
    • Diary Comparison Portal
    • WE FOUND IT!!!
    • Ann Walker’s Journal Date Finder
    • Ann Walker’s Journal Keyword Finder
    • Ann, Family and Shibden Hall
  • Ann’s Associates
  • Booklet
  • Blogs
    • Kirkstall Abbey
    • My Dear Miss Walker
    • Hipperholme Grammar School Clock & the Shibden Hall Connection
    • The Inquisition of Ann Walker
    • Remembering Ann’s Relatives
    • William Priestley Letters
    • Politics in Gentleman Jack Season 2, Episode 5
    • Adney Bridge, Shibden Park
    • 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
    • ANN’S LEGACY AUCTION
    • Ann Walker’s Fundraising Appeal
    • Restoring to Glory
    • Ann Walker’s Memorial Update
    • Ann Walker Day at ALBW 2022
    • How has Ann Walker inspired you?
      • #AnnWalkerBirthdayChallenge
  • All About Ann
    • Sussex House and Ann Walker
    • All about Ann – Want To Know More?
    • “My dearest Elizabeth”
    • Ann’s Return
    • Ann Walker’s Coat of Arms – A Quest for Social Standing?
    • Ann Walker’s 5 Days In London
    • Ann’s Artwork
    • Where was Ann Walker after Anne Lister’s death?
    • The Last Days of Ann Walker
    • Common Myths Busted
    • Was Ann forcibly removed from Shibden Hall?
    • Ann’s Education
    • Ann Walker Quiz
    • Medical Research into Ann Walker’s Death
    • Ann Walker’s Return to Shibden
  • Ann’s Diary
    • Diary Comparison Portal
    • WE FOUND IT!!!
    • Ann Walker’s Journal Date Finder
    • Ann Walker’s Journal Keyword Finder
    • Ann, Family and Shibden Hall
  • Ann’s Associates
  • Booklet
  • Blogs
    • Kirkstall Abbey
    • My Dear Miss Walker
    • Hipperholme Grammar School Clock & the Shibden Hall Connection
    • The Inquisition of Ann Walker
    • Remembering Ann’s Relatives
    • William Priestley Letters
    • Politics in Gentleman Jack Season 2, Episode 5
    • Adney Bridge, Shibden Park
    • 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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  • All Recent Blogs
  • Resources
  • Acknowledgements

Archives

  • Research Blog

    Ann’s Aunts, Uncles and Cousins

    02/05/2022 /

    By Martin Walker [This page will be continuously updated as more is discovered about this family] Ann had numerous aunts, uncles and cousins and many are mentioned in her own diary, Anne Lister’s diaries and archive documents. This blog seeks to briefly introduce these family members so that the documents we are finding can be placed in Ann’s life more accurately. Ann’s parents were John Walker (1753-1823) and Mary Edwards (1763-1823); they were married on 18 June 1795 at Halifax Minster. Ann’s father had four brothers and sisters: Mary, William, Elizabeth and Ann (Aunt Ann of Cliff Hill). Only Elizabeth married – a Priestley – and had children. Of Ann’s…

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    September 1843: What Happened to Ann Walker?

    21/08/2020 /

    An overview of the Parker Memorandum and Ann Walker’s removal from Shibden hall

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    Rymer’s letter to the Family Of Ann Walker

    14/06/2020 /

    A reading of the letter from Rymer to George Mackay Sutherland about the result of Ann Walker’s lunacy hearing and next steps. Read on Adney Bridge, Shibden Park

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    23/10/2020
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