SAINT MICHAEL
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Saint Michael, whom the original chapel was dedicated to.
"Supreme Commander of the Heavenly Hosts." The only 'archangel' of the Bible.
ABBOT MARMADUKE HUBY
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(1495 -1526) Abbot of Fountains. Built the Chapel of Saint Michael de Mont.
His initials 'MH' inscribed on the doorway (originally on the wall inside the chapel)
JOHN AISLABIE
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John Aislabie, the man who reconstructed the tower in 1718. He also built a water garden and follies around the ruins of Fountains Abbey.
WILFRED OWEN
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Famous war poet, posted to Ripon. He passed the tower and commented on its beauty.
My Grandad
I asked my grandad what he knew about How Hill:
'there wo' a loada squatters in there once want there? No roof ont'top eitha. And yno when you go down from there to Fountains, is there still them travellers parked there? Been there years. Never moved. Think they own that land now, squatters rights n all that. If you stay there long enough they just let you av it dunt the?'
'wo there anyone up there when you went up? there's that farmer that owns the field next to it and he's a right queer lad, him. I used to work near there n go across field n he'd shout at us yellin THA'S MY GATE, MY GATE. Right queer lad he wos'
A Man I Met Walking
I stopped a man who was walking back down from How Hill, who had been taking photos of the tower. He was in a rush and I felt very awkward asking him about the tower when he probably just wanted to find some peace up there.
He said he didn't really know anything about it, but that he lived in Ripon and often came up there.
I think it's so odd that people in Ripon know very little or nothing about the tower.
WHO OWNS IT NOW?
James commented that 'people never smile and say hello when they pass on the street, so why do they do that on a country lane?'
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Saint Michael, whom the original chapel was dedicated to.
"Supreme Commander of the Heavenly Hosts." The only 'archangel' of the Bible.
ABBOT MARMADUKE HUBY
https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSbIHupbOaYMnoThGbb23aXrOANXuOEjoGtKY7xPgr4LoqvfhL6
(1495 -1526) Abbot of Fountains. Built the Chapel of Saint Michael de Mont.
His initials 'MH' inscribed on the doorway (originally on the wall inside the chapel)
JOHN AISLABIE
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/JohnAislabie.jpg/200px-JohnAislabie.jpg
John Aislabie, the man who reconstructed the tower in 1718. He also built a water garden and follies around the ruins of Fountains Abbey.
WILFRED OWEN
http://www.bbc.co.uk/staticarchive/35ebda007ebb53cf51ecea35e93de64a61bdc00f.jpg
Famous war poet, posted to Ripon. He passed the tower and commented on its beauty.
My Grandad
I asked my grandad what he knew about How Hill:
'there wo' a loada squatters in there once want there? No roof ont'top eitha. And yno when you go down from there to Fountains, is there still them travellers parked there? Been there years. Never moved. Think they own that land now, squatters rights n all that. If you stay there long enough they just let you av it dunt the?'
'wo there anyone up there when you went up? there's that farmer that owns the field next to it and he's a right queer lad, him. I used to work near there n go across field n he'd shout at us yellin THA'S MY GATE, MY GATE. Right queer lad he wos'
A Man I Met Walking
I stopped a man who was walking back down from How Hill, who had been taking photos of the tower. He was in a rush and I felt very awkward asking him about the tower when he probably just wanted to find some peace up there.
He said he didn't really know anything about it, but that he lived in Ripon and often came up there.
I think it's so odd that people in Ripon know very little or nothing about the tower.
WHO OWNS IT NOW?
James commented that 'people never smile and say hello when they pass on the street, so why do they do that on a country lane?'
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