Strange Tales – The Town’s More Unusual History
The road from the North Bar to Westwood gate was formerly called Cockstulpit Lane or Ducking Stool Lane, from the Ducking Stool, which stood at the North Bar Dyke, at the and of that lane.
Beverley
Beverley Books and Authors
Surprisingly, for such a historic town, Beverley does not possess the most obvious of literary heritages, unlike Whitby with Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and York and Hull with their bold references in Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe.
The Fate of Minster Towers
Beverley Town Council has formally expressed their opposition to the proposed plans for the development of Minster Towers, the former care located on Lord Roberts Road in the town.
Beverley Man in ‘The Great Escape’
Less than two weeks after its opening, F/Lt Raymond Keen of the RAF’s 78 Bomber Squadron arrived in the North Compound of Stalag Luft III. His aircraft, a Halifax II (W7931), had been shot down following a nighttime raid on Duisburg. After having spent the previous few days being interrogated at Dulag-Luft, a transit camp for captured airmen run by the Luftwaffe, the welcome he received in Stalag Luft III was not quite what he was expecting. Once more he found himself grilled, though this time by a select group of existing POWs. Furthermore, these same men seemed to take more than a passing interest in his movements there. In due course, he would find out why.