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IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ANNE LISTER
(Gentleman Jack)
​ HOSTED GROUP TOUR
2-3 July 2022

Spend the weekend exploring the life & loves of Anne Lister

Our journey takes us to Halifax, Shibden Hall & York

​PLUS MORE!
BOOK YOUR PLACE
MORE DETAILS HERE
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JOIN US ON OUR HOSTED GROUP
"IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ANNE LISTER" TOUR
As we spend the weekend exploring the life & loves of Anne Lister
Our journey takes us to Halifax, Shibden Hall & York
& the Holy Trinity Church in York 
PLUS MORE!

Anne Lister's School
Manor School, York. Anne Lister's school where she met Eliza Raine
Anne Lister Plaque
Halifax Minster
Shibden Hall
Halifax Minster
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BOOK YOUR PLACE
SEE TOUR DETAILS HERE
TOUR DATES: 2-3 JULY 2022​
PRICE: £259pp
INCLUDED IN YOUR TOUR:
  • Private guided walking tour of Halifax (including entry to Halifax Minster)
  • Morning tea/coffee in the Grand Salon of the Alibi Bar - once Rawsons bank where Anne Lister carried out her banking 
  • Entry to Shibden Hall
  • Return private coach from Halifax to Shibden Hall
  • Private guided tour of Shibden Hall grounds
  • Private guided walking tour of York - incl. entry to Holy Trinity Church, Goodramgate, where Ann Walker and Anne Lister took communion together in 1834
  • Return private coach from Halifax to York​
NOT INCLUDED:
  • Accommodation & meals
  • Return travel to Halifax

Anne Lister began transcribing her life at the age of fifteen, continuing up to her untimely death at the age of 49. Not mere diaries, Miss Lister’s writings describe the everyday life of the late 18th century / early 19th century England. Her work, totally 22 volumes and over 6 million words, is considered so important that UNESCO has placed her diaries in their UK Memory of the World collection, one of only twenty such objects honoured in this regard.
 
Her entries did not stop with politics, science of the day, land management and local society. What makes Miss Lister’s work so compelling are her “crypt-hand” entries. Making up over twenty per cent of the content, Miss Lister used this code to describe, in detail, her emotional life. As she herself said: “I love and only love the fairer sex and thus believed by them in turn, my heart retreats from any love but theirs.” Her diaries give a full depiction of her search for love. Though she travelled great distances in her search, she finally found her life partner in Ann Walker, also of Halifax.
 
Members of the modern-day LGBTQ community have found her courage, resilience and full belief that God had created her exactly as He planned both inspiring and comforting. Anne Lister has become a modern-day icon through the writings of Helena Whitbread, the first to decode and publish Anne’s writings in detail, including the most intimate passages. It was Helena Whitbread’s work, followed on by Jill Liddington, that eventually inspired Sally Wainwright to present the story of Anne Lister and Ann Walker to the world in the form of Gentleman Jack.
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Anne Lister began transcribing her life at the age of fifteen, continuing up to her untimely death at the age of 49. Not mere diaries, Miss Lister’s writings describe the everyday life of the late 18th century / early 19th century England. Her work, totally 22 volumes and over 6 million words, is considered so important that UNESCO has placed her diaries in their UK Memory of the World collection, one of only twenty such objects honoured in this regard.
 
Her entries did not stop with politics, science of the day, land management and local society. What makes Miss Lister’s work so compelling are her “crypt-hand” entries. Making up over twenty per cent of the content, Miss Lister used this code to describe, in detail, her emotional life. As she herself said: “I love and only love the fairer sex and thus believed by them in turn, my heart retreats from any love but theirs.” Her diaries give a full depiction of her search for love. Though she travelled great distances in her search, she finally found her life partner in Ann Walker, also of Halifax.
 
Members of the modern-day LGBTQ community have found her courage, resilience and full belief that God had created her exactly as He planned both inspiring and comforting. Anne Lister has become a modern-day icon through the writings of Helena Whitbread, the first to decode and publish Anne’s writings in detail, including the most intimate passages. It was Helena Whitbread’s work, followed on by Jill Liddington, that eventually inspired Sally Wainwright to present the story of Anne Lister and Ann Walker to the world in the form of Gentleman Jack.

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    • Blog
  • Lesvos Holidays
    • Lesvos Women's Festival September 2022
  • Lesbian Holidays
    • Mediterranean Cruise July 2023
    • UK Spa & Cultural Break Stratford Upon Avon October 2022
    • Ranch Holiday May 2022
  • Anne Lister Tours
    • Anne Lister/Gentleman Jack Tour
    • Anne Lister Birthday Week
  • Solos Holidays
    • Malta Solos Holiday October 2022
    • 2023 COMING SOON - Solos Holiday to Portugal
    • Solos Portugal July 2022 SOLD OUT
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