Tickhill RFM Blue Line Walking with Theo

 

Tickhill 
RFM Blue Line 
Walking with Theo
17/03/26





Quite a sad day as we take time out from visiting Babs to walk around Tickhill. Its the day she has gone into the Hospice at St John's. 



It was a nice sunny March day warm but not hot. I chose Tickhill for Theo's first walk because it is quite close to Rossington and we expected to be in Rossington all day visiting Babs. But Babs was being admitted to the hospice so whilst Venka went with her in the ambulance we decided to do the walk anyway and meet up at St John's in a couple of hours.
The church was open so we took advantage of it and had a look around. Its a very big church.

The old buildings in Tickhill are fascinating as we try to unravel their function and history. I did the pan tile speech for Theo. The pan tiles being ballast in Dutch ships collecting wool from England in centuries gone by. The trade lasted for centuries so a lot of tiles were imported.

We spotted the moat and steep banking of the castle and the old entrance gate. It is impressive but not really well maintained.


This willow caught the eye.
Another shot of the castle mound or mott with the huge remains of a wall on the left. 



The land is waterlogged and the drains are crucial in drying out the surface allowing crops to be grown.
We met a lady with a large black Labrador who kindly told us about the castle and how access was severely restricted even for residents of the town. She was scathing of the role of the Duchy of Lancaster (ThePrince of Wales) who owns the site.
A pair of donkeys with the church and castle mound in the distance.


We dodged through the modern estate of bungalows until we came to this much altered, over time, really interesting building. I'm guessing before its present residential use it was a toll house and god only knows what before that. Theo pointed out the different phases of building.

Then immediately next to the building we followed this ginnel with its ancient walls.
Finally we emerged and walked around part of the cricket pitch perimeter. I remember JP playing here and I believe Peter's lot have also played here.

Back into the countryside we followed the lane to the farm with its interesting tower. We speculated as to what the farm grew and how large it was. We didn't totally agree which was good.


We headed back into the centre of Tickhill.
This medieval looking facade was a total surprise. I googled it and it is a C15th monastic hospital called St Leonards originally for lepers and the facade is genuine.
We took a selfie on the Buttercross or Market Cross an C18th building where the market was pre motorcar.

Tickhill is interesting and it was great to spend some time there with Theo.





Then it was back to the church, car and on to the Hospice to spend time with Babs.

A basically flat walk of around 3 miles nothing hard but enough interesting sights to allow the time to pass quickly. Looking forward to the next walk.


OS Map
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