A National Moment of Reflection to mark the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II will be held in Beverley on Sunday 18 September at 12 noon. Residents are invited to attend and pay their respects.
As announced, the country will observe a national silence at 8pm that evening in honour of Her Majesty, at which time a minute’s silence will be held. It precedes the State Funeral, which will be held the following day.
At 9.45pm last Thursday evening, the Mayor of Beverley lit Beverley’s platinum jubilee beacon of fire before 200 people in Coronation Gardens and connected Beverley to the national and worldwide beacon celebrations that were happening to honour the Queen at that precise moment.
St Mary’s Church in Beverley is presenting a pop-up exhibition telling the story of the town’s dramatic Tudor history.
A dozen life-size reproductions of paintings from the National Portrait Gallery’s prized Tudor collection will be accompanied by artefacts and images from the church itself. Pictures exhibited from the world’s largest collection of portraits will include King Henry VIII and several of his wives, by great artists such as Hans Holbein.
A nice sight in Beverley was seeing tradesmen working on the wall of St Mary’s Church. In December the St Mary’s Church wall was badly damaged after a car hit it.
What was once a damaged is now ten months looking much better. Craftsmen are rebuilding it, restoring St Mary’s to how it was before the accident.
Beverley Town Council and St Mary’s Church are supporting the nationwide ‘Great Get Together’ event aimed at promoting the community to come together to celebrate.
The Great Get Together was set up in memory of the MP Jo Cox, who was killed in June 2016 by an extremist while holding a street surgery in her constituency.
More than 900 ‘Pauper’s graves’ in a Beverley cemetery are to be officially marked at a ceremony organised by East Riding of Yorkshire Council.
The council has installed a headstone, an information board and also planted trees around the unmarked graves in Queensgate Cemetery as a mark of respect and remembrance to the people buried there.
A new awareness campaign has been launched to highlight the urgent need for restoration funds at St Mary’s Church in Beverley following the highly successful support.
Julie Sharp married Tony Foots at St Mary’s Church in Beverley at a wedding that had a special twist.
The couple who held a small service decided to give the wedding a 70s theme. Guests dressed up in outfits from the time that included a best man who came as Elvis.
Not to be left out Rev. Becky Lumley got into the spirit of things wearing a dress that belonged to her mother for the occasion.
Hunters Estate Agents, Beverley, opened its doors in August and after just a few months of trading in the historic town are looking to put something back into the community.
On Saturday a service of re-dedication for our newly refurbished memorials in Hengate Memorial Gardens will be conducted by Reverend Becky Lumley from of St Mary’s Church.
Beverley has a rich heritage of guilds and crafts, as illustrated by the Town Trail. St Mary’s Church itself was founded by the guilds, which included professions from carpentry to dress making.
On Saturday 8th December, the annual Celebration of Christmas Concert in support of SSAFA Forces Help East Yorkshire took place in Beverley’s historic St Mary’s Church, blessed by Revd Becky Lumley’s most welcome support.
St Mary’s Primary School in Beverley held a giant Walking Bus this morning. The entire school’s population was joined by guests who include the Mayor of Beverley Cllr Margaret Pinder