Last Thursday walked with dog from Humber Bridge Country Park along the Humber foreshore to North Ferriby. Good wide footpath alongside railway line with trains frequently passing to and from Hull. Once nearing the village come to a wide grass and bushes area thoughtfully maintained by parish council – in south-west corner is a life-size outline of one of the four ancient ‘Ferriby boats’ discovered in the foreshore mud between 1930s and ’60s (see Hull Museums and my work on History of Humber Crossings (not yet on ‘Publications). On the advise of a villager visited the ‘Old Ticket Office cafe’ at the railway station – very much recommended.

Image shows All Saints, North Ferriby from a point near the outlined ancient boat. Built late 1840s and replaced an earlier church about which there is very little evidence (see Landmarks and Beacons, churches of the Humber – publications). Some artifacts and memorials transferred to the new church (1840s). The earlier church almost certainly related to the small Augustinian canons monastic site which existed until 1536 the site of which must have been nearby. Earlier in the middle ages the monastic site may have been controlled by the Knights Templar (chivalry order), although this is contested (see also Horkstow church, south bank, from my notes on the Low Villages – Publications).