Yesterday I visited Tacaster on the way to Newton Kyme where rellies had lived and died in the 19th century. Tadcaster is about 20 minutes by bus from York and Newton Kyme about another 10 minutes in a different bus. Bus drivers were helpful and I must have had half of Tadcaster looking out for the collection point for the bus to Newton Kyme. The bus company name was not listed on any signage where 95% of people said was the correct bus station. The alternative was somewhere down the street and fortunately I encountered a pub employee who was very sure that it left from the one and only station nearby. I then had varying options about the required bus bay and went with a wrong one but a woman I’d spoken to earlier was in the bay when the bus arrived and called me over as my back was to it and I was oblivious to its arrival. The bus driver and I then had discussions about the best place to deposit me. Newton Kyme is not exactly one of the hottest 100 bus stops in Yorkshire.
River Wharfe from the Tadcaster Bridge. The church is to the left past the middle of the green grass
St Mary’s Church Tadcaster from the river side
Information about the church from a town notice
Front entrance
Church yard
Didn’t find any family graves although I know at least 3 rellies were buried there, being a son and 2 grandsons of the couple buried at Newton Kyme
Detail from an external door
Main aisle
Memorials to the fallen in war, poppy wreaths are very common
Candlestick holder attached to column
Building fairly close to the town side of the church gate
One of a series of street scenes Tadcaster High & Bridge Streets
I then walked across the bridge to start the kerfuffle about bus collection points; even the driver who had dropped me there didn’t know. There are lots of different companies operating and I had been told by some passersby that the smaller ones were not allowed to use the bus station. Of course none of the bus timetabling was specific.
Next time: Newton Kyme