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Fire

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Norwood

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Memorial

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Waltham Lane

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Champney Road

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Spencer Street

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School Lane

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Landress Lane

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Walk 1 route

Walk 2 route

Walk 3 route

Artwork Locations

Key

Cartmen

Can you find a horse and cart nearthe Market Cross? In the MiddleAges, carts provided the main formof transport to and from themarket. This image from BeverleyMinster shows the cart back tofront because saying ‘putting thecart before the horse’ means doingthings in the wrong order.

Glovers

Glovers made gloves from leathertanned in the town and BeverleyGrammar School pupils would givethem to the officers of BeverleyMinster, when they left schoolwith a bachelorhood. Check theseat at the end of Saturday Market- has anyone lost a glove?

Jerkin Makers

Beverley’s Jerkin makers madeleather tunics and held their ownmarket between St. Mary’s Churchand Saturday Market. Look up – canyou find a tunic hanging around?

Minstrels

Beverley was once theheadquarters of the Northern Guildof Minstrels between the riversTweed and Trent. The Minster andSt. Mary’s contain many carvingsof musical instruments. Whatinstruments are the musicians nearSt. Mary’s playing?

Armourers

Armourers made armour andweapons for Beverley’s soldiersand their horses. Before leaving forbattle, Beverley’s soldiers paradedat North Bar. Can you find thepiece of chain mail? Imaginewearing a whole suit of it!

Bricklayers

The North Bar is the earliest brick-built town entrance in England.Look to the floor and read theNorth Bar accounts. How much didAgnes the Tiler and William Potterget paid?

Farriers

& Lorimers

(Blacksmiths)

Farriers and Lorimers traded alongYork Road, which used to be called‘Lorimers Row’. Outside the Bar,horse fairs were held. Clippety clop –how many horse shoes can you spot?

Wind Millers

The remains of several windmills canbe found on the Westwood. Theywere used to grind grain that waslocally grown. Can you see the post-mill on Pasture Terrace?

Bakers

Medieval bakers were punishedfor selling poor bread - they couldbe fined or ducked on the duckingstool, which was down TigerLane. Walk carefully! Don’t tripover the loaf of bread!

Goldsmiths

Stephen the Goldsmith once workedfor the Canons of Beverley Minsterand made silver shields and plate forchurches and rich merchants. Canyou find him?

Hatters

In the Middle Ages, almost everyonewore hats including men, womenand children. Noble people worefancy hats and jesters wore a fool’scap! Look up – can you spot one?

Fletchers

A fletcher made arrows fitted withfeathers (called flights). Watch out!There is a hail of arrows flyingthrough the air!

Butchers

Many medieval butchers traded inBeverley - some in Butcher Row,others at the North end ofSaturday Market and at the Beck.Can you spot the ox carcass?

Walkers

Walkers were part of the woolindustry. They walked on woollencloth to shrink and thicken itaround the ‘Walker Beck’, whichnow runs beneath Walkergate.How many footprints can you find?

Cordwainers

A Cordwainer made footwear outof the finest leather. Beverley’smedieval shoe market was nearby.Find the shoe patterns, take arubbing and make up a pair ofshoes at home!

Spinners

Spinners were mainly women.Spinning was a cottage industry,originally done by hand, using aspindle whorl. From the 14thcentury, spinning wheels speededup production.

Dyers

Beverley dyers used plants tocreate dyes. Woad made blue,madder and brazil – red, weld-orange and bog myrtle – yellow.Can you find these plants?

Tailors

Tailoring was an importantmedieval craft because all clotheswere hand-made from scratch.There weren’t any ready-madeclothes, like today! Hunt for sixthimbles in Toll Gavel.

Apothecaries

Apothecaries used old-fashionedplants, herbs and roots to treatillnesses and wounds. Can you findthe four healing plants?

Barber

Surgeons

Medieval Barbers didn’t just cuthair – they were surgeons, pulledteeth and healed wounds. Theirsign was the snake and it is stillshown on most ambulances. Lookup – make sure the snake doesn’tfall on you!

Merchants

The Merchants Guild was thelargest in Beverley. The wool andcloth trade made the town verywealthy. Spot the oldmeasurements used by merchants!

Fish Traders

The medieval name for Well Lanewas ‘Fishmarketmoorgate’ - theroad between Westwood and thefish market. How many eels canyou find wriggling along the kerb?

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mal

fat).

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you

find

any

bron

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ndles

?

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mo

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gulat

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the p

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and

fined

for i

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as se

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stin

king

fish.

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not t

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n th

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!

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ridin

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form

of

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a sa

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ieval

wea

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cam

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mFla

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and

and

wer

ekn

own

as ‘F

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ever

leyha

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huge

woo

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de a

ndex

ports

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to Fl

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m th

e Bec

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piece

of c

loth

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ak

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Rope

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use

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Beve

rley

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pecia

lly o

n th

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nd b

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use

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tly, r

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inga

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did o

ne g

et le

ft be

hind

?

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s

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lers a

nd p

orte

rs lo

aded

and

unloa

ded

the s

hips

that

cam

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the B

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toan

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m th

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and

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cam

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rley

that

way

.

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fo

wler

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fow

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s the

hunt

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duck

san

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se fo

r foo

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athe

rs an

dfa

t. T

he w

ildfo

wler

s hun

ted n

ear

the B

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let

the g

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ay!

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ry w

as a

thriv

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trade

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verle

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r the

tow

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cludin

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ter H

ill. C

an y

oufin

d th

e jug

?

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ter

Miller

s

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e wat

er m

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ere r

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in B

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ley in

the D

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of th

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with

the w

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the W

estw

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you

spot

the w

ater

mill?

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nn

er

s

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ing

took

pla

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min

gate

and

it w

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strie

s. Th

e la

st ta

nner

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sed

very

rece

ntly.

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t the

stre

tche

d hi

de!

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oper

s

Exca

vatio

ns in

Bev

erley

hav

efo

und

woo

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buck

ets,

whe

elsan

d ale

bar

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– all

mad

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local

Coop

ers.

Hun

t for

the m

ediev

alba

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utsid

e the

Lord

Nels

on!

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troll from the North Bar towardsthe Beverley Beck and absorbthe town’s heritage.

Medieval Beverley was a wealthy town with adiverse population of skilled workers includingcarpenters, butchers, jerkin makers, musicians andarmourers – to name just a few!In total the Beverley town trail depicts 39 medieval

guilds and trades and the sculptures are positionedclose to their original locations. Split the trail up intofour different walks – or spend a whole daycompleting it all in one go!Whether you want to find out where bakers wereput in the ducking stool for selling poor bread, oryou simply want to take in the historic sights ofBeverley, you are sure to have fun whilst learningon the Beverley town trail. Over 700 local school children were involved withcraft activities and ideas for the development ofthe sculptures and works of art – have you spottedany sculptures yet?

Takeastep

backintimeDiscover what life was

like in Medieval Beverley

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For further information please contact:Beverley Tourist Information Centre

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