HEDON AND DISTRICT LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY

Following his fascinating talk on the ' Rise and Fall of Hull General Cemetery ', Pete Lowden now invites you to join him for a guided tour of the cemetery on Spring Bank West.    Hear about, and view the last resting place of, some of the movers and shakers of Victorian and Edwardian Hull - from Henry Hodge, mayor and mill owner, to Zachariah Pearson, disgraced mayor and benefactor of the town; from Sir James Reckitt, industrialist and philanthropist to William Clowes, founder of Primitive Methodism and relative of Josiah Wedgwood and Charles Darwin.   Hull General Cemetery is a place of local and national importance and you will certainly enjoy your visit.   Meet : Hull General Cemetery (main gates), Spring Bank West. Time : 2.15pm for 2.30pm. Parking : free local parking on Sunny Bank (access via Brandesburton Street). Cost : £5 donation to Friends of Hull General Cemetery (FOHGC). Refreshments : not included (nearby cafes on Princes Avenue and Chanterlands A

For its first summer visit of 2019, Hedon and District Local History Society heads to North Holderness, with a guided tour of St Michael's Church, East Garton and chance to explore the gardens and park of nearby Grimston Garth .    Both church and house are Grade 1 listed: the cobblestone St Michael's dates back to the 13th century, while Grimston Garth is a delightful Gothick house designed to an unusual triangular plan by John Carr and built in 1781-6 as a summer residence for Thomas Grimston of Kilnwick-on-the-Wolds.    The park was developed in 1782 with advice from Thomas White (designer of the park at Houghton Hall) and remains largely unaltered, with perimeter woodland providing shelter from the wind and isolated clumps of trees dotted through the landscape. On its western edge is a large Gothick castellated gatehouse, built in 1812 and possibly designed by Hull sculptor and architect John Earle, whose firm was involved in its construction.   Meet : Grimston Garth,