greenleaf
12-12-2007, 05:56 PM
I've only lived in this area for about 7 years and never really knew of its history at all except it was known as Wicstun at the time of the Domesday Book of 1086....I'm not sure, but there has to be a reason for always having a weiry feeling about this area and this below is only some of what is reported, there are plenty of weird activities in this area and a lot of secrecy
Market Weighton is a small town located roughly between York and Hull. Aside from Giant Bradley, Market Weighton and its surrounding region possess many areas of historical importance.
Market Weighton: The local history
Aside from Giant Bradley, Market Weighton and its surrounding neighbourhood has been prolific in producing celebrities and curiosities. Nearby Sancton bred the famous Giant Yorkshire Pig and Shiptonthorpe was the birthplace of a "Dwarf". Here are some other famous people from the surrounding areas of Market Weighton:
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/7407/shiptonos1.jpg Ursula Sontheil (1488-1561) "Mother Shipton"
Believed to be born or married at Shiptonthorpe, Mother Shipton became famous throughout the country for her prophecies. A 200 year old sign can be found at the "Mother Shipton" Inn at Knaresborough bearing the inscription:
"Near this petrifying Well I first drew breath as records tell."
This refers to the Dropping Well at Knaresborough suggesting that Mother Shipton was not born in Shiptonthorpe but Knaresborough.
Peg Fyfe (1660) "Witch of Market Weighton"
Peg Fyfe is said to have practiced her witchcraft on her neighbours. She was Queen of a robber band that did not hesitate to carry out the most ferocious of her commands. Her name struck terror throughout East Yorkshire and anyone crossing her path would give her whatever she asked for, for fear of a worse demand.
Peg Fyfe, the local witch, who reputedly skinned a young local resident alive in the 1660s and was later hanged for the crime but swallowed a spoon to save herself only to be "finished off" by two passing knights.
Market Weighton: The local history
Other interesting local facts
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/7384/edwardwk3.jpg King Edward VII visited the Earl of Londsborough, William Francis Henry Denison, in 1901. At his arrival on Market Weighton Station, the King was met by a guard of honour of the Market Weighton Volunteer Regiment, and having inspected the detachment, his majesty traveled to Londesborough.
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Sir Winston Churchill spent two weeks of his honeymoon at Market Weighton and was entertained by the Earl of Londesborough as Londesborough hall.
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http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/6275/wesleyhb0.jpg John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist Church, preached in Market Weighton Methodist Chapel, in his 85th year, on the 23rd June 1788. The chapel was built in 1786 and is the earliest Wesleyan Chapel surviving in East Yorkshire. It can be found at 71 Market Place, set down an archway, and is today occupied by Woodlow Upholstery. General Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, also preached in Market Weighton at the St. John's Methodist Chapel in 1909.
Market Weighton is a small town located roughly between York and Hull. Aside from Giant Bradley, Market Weighton and its surrounding region possess many areas of historical importance.
Market Weighton: The local history
Aside from Giant Bradley, Market Weighton and its surrounding neighbourhood has been prolific in producing celebrities and curiosities. Nearby Sancton bred the famous Giant Yorkshire Pig and Shiptonthorpe was the birthplace of a "Dwarf". Here are some other famous people from the surrounding areas of Market Weighton:
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/7407/shiptonos1.jpg Ursula Sontheil (1488-1561) "Mother Shipton"
Believed to be born or married at Shiptonthorpe, Mother Shipton became famous throughout the country for her prophecies. A 200 year old sign can be found at the "Mother Shipton" Inn at Knaresborough bearing the inscription:
"Near this petrifying Well I first drew breath as records tell."
This refers to the Dropping Well at Knaresborough suggesting that Mother Shipton was not born in Shiptonthorpe but Knaresborough.
Peg Fyfe (1660) "Witch of Market Weighton"
Peg Fyfe is said to have practiced her witchcraft on her neighbours. She was Queen of a robber band that did not hesitate to carry out the most ferocious of her commands. Her name struck terror throughout East Yorkshire and anyone crossing her path would give her whatever she asked for, for fear of a worse demand.
Peg Fyfe, the local witch, who reputedly skinned a young local resident alive in the 1660s and was later hanged for the crime but swallowed a spoon to save herself only to be "finished off" by two passing knights.
Market Weighton: The local history
Other interesting local facts
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/7384/edwardwk3.jpg King Edward VII visited the Earl of Londsborough, William Francis Henry Denison, in 1901. At his arrival on Market Weighton Station, the King was met by a guard of honour of the Market Weighton Volunteer Regiment, and having inspected the detachment, his majesty traveled to Londesborough.
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Sir Winston Churchill spent two weeks of his honeymoon at Market Weighton and was entertained by the Earl of Londesborough as Londesborough hall.
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http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/6275/wesleyhb0.jpg John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist Church, preached in Market Weighton Methodist Chapel, in his 85th year, on the 23rd June 1788. The chapel was built in 1786 and is the earliest Wesleyan Chapel surviving in East Yorkshire. It can be found at 71 Market Place, set down an archway, and is today occupied by Woodlow Upholstery. General Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, also preached in Market Weighton at the St. John's Methodist Chapel in 1909.