Saints and Holy Places of Yorkshire
A Pilgrims' Guide to God's Own County
- 128 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About This Book
A unique guidebook forvisitors to the many pilgrimage sites in Yorkshire, and the holy people who have been associated with these places. Theintention is to help readers develop their spiritual life through reflection on the lives of familiar and less familiar figures from the Christian story in Yorkshire. The importance of place is also a key feature of this approach, whether on the coast (e.g. Whitby), in the relative wilds for many of the abbeys (e.g. Rievaulx, Fountains), or in the bustle of a city (e.g. York, West Yorkshire towns).
Theguide can be used over the course of a week, but equally it can be used to assist in visiting places one by one, or by following the journey in the imagination while being read at home. Each day has four elements: People, Place, Prayer, and Practicalities, plus brief information about other places which might be included in a visit.
It is accessible to anyone interested in learning from some significant Christian characters from Yorkshire, both recent and from long ago.
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Table of contents
- A Map of Yorkshire
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: The people and the places
- A possible itinerary for a week-long pilgrimage (by car!)
- Christianity in Yorkshire: A very short history
- Whitby and the Yorkshire Moors: Early days for the Christian faith
- The Yorkshire Coast and Wolds: Supporting the downtrodden
- York: Minster and St Michael-le-Belfrey: The ancient centre
- York City: A shadow side
- Around Ripon: Layers of monastic heritage
- In the West Riding: Coping with industrialization
- The West Riding, going south: Recapping the themes
- A Personal Conclusion
- Some further reading