Beverley

Jack Forrest8F

What gave Beverley its name and how did it become a town

Beverley means beaver stream because once beavers were very common in Beverley. In about 705 a monastery was founded by the stream . In 721 John of Beverley died and was buried at the monastery. He was declared a saint in 1037. It was said that miracles was formed around his tomb, like someone was healed from illness. Soon pilgrims came to his burial place, some of them hoping for cures, some merely to worship. Soon a little trading settlement grew up around the monastery at Beverley. After this lots of people were turning up to Beverley every day so people built Inns around the monastery so people could stay for the night, these people were earning a lot of money and before long people were building their own houses and from that day Beverley has grown bigger and bigger just from the monastery that started it all.

The Minster (monastery)

Beverley minster is one of the finest parish churches in the country. It has been a site of pilgrimage and worship for 1300 years and is one of the oldest gothic structures in Britain. Larger than one third of all cathedrals and regarded as one of the most beautiful non-cathedrals in the UK, it is still a working parish church. The building contains the remains of St John of Beverley (once Patron Saint to the Royal Family).

The Westwood The Beverley Westwood is an

open space on the edge of Beverley, it is ideal for dog walkers and long walks and even cross country running. Its a lovely landscape that has a golf club that covers a lot of the Westwood and it is has a race course. People that live around the area of the Westwood such as Beverley and Walkington are lucky to have such a large open space.

Farming

Farming dominated the lives of most people that lived in Beverley . Nearly everyone lived off farming, the most common food was just carrots and potatoes so that was all people were living off. Farms were much smaller then and the peasants who worked the land did not own the land they worked on. This belonged to the Lord of the Manor.

Religion

In Europe during the Middle Ages the only recognised religion was Christianity, in the form of the Catholic religion. The lives of the Medieval people of the Middle Ages was dominated by the church. life was dominated by the church. Various religious institutions became both important, rich and powerful. The lives of many Medieval people were dedicated to the Catholic church and religion.

Beverley Grammar SchoolBeverley is home to the oldest state

school in England, in the form of Beverley Grammar School. The school was founded in 700 AD by Saint John of Beverley. The Grammar School has had many students who have become famous like, chemist Smithson Tennant, who discovered iridium, Thomas Percy, who was involved in the Gunpowder Plot and Paul Robinson, a football goalkeeper who has represented the England national football team.

Modern Beverley

Beverley has changed massively over the years, the population has increased and a town centre has been built. The Grammar School is not the only school in Beverley because there is now a number of primary schools and two other secondary schools. The increased development of more and more housing puts Beverley under threat of being a small market town.