Author Archives: Geoff W

Old Kankey

I commented on The Lodge (Lodge St) in response to Wendy Coupe’s enquiry which led me to the Middleton Guardian Newspaper Archive and OLD KANKEY of Kankey Ginnel body-snatching fame. Below is the only reference I have managed to find to the word Kankey. William Lancashire resided in a house in Back Lodge St adjacent…

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Medieval expert visits Middleton Parish Church

Peter Ryder is a true expert on medieval churches.  He is the author of books and papers, has advised dioceses on their churches, has visited every medieval church in Yorkshire, has turned previously turned history on its head, e.g. discovered a 7th century church when it had always been thought to be of much later…

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