A Bright Spirit – a chapter from Searching For Ann by Leila Straub Ann’s laughter and playful spirit shine through every page. Follow along as we share quotes from all 9 chapters written by 6 authors in the coming weeks! #annwalker #annelister #shibdenhall #gentlemanjack #womeninhistory

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Come and join us at the launch at the Anne Lister Festival! Buy your tickets here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/calderdale-c... #annwalker #annelister #shibdenhall #gentlemanjack #womeninhistory

Here at ISAW HQ, we wish you and yours a very peaceful and joyous 2026. Look out for our book - an anthology about Ann Walker - coming out in the spring! Follow us to keep up with details of our book and latest research, and join the FB group "Searching For Ann".

A very merry Christmas to all, from the In Search of Ann Walker team! Photo: The Piece Hall in Halifax where Ann Walker's family had rooms to sell their cloth from! Taken 24/12/25

LAST DAY TO DONATE We are just a few £'s away from the target for the Foodbank. If we hit £2000 we will have fed around 50 families - continuing the legacy for Ann's wishes in her will. It closes at midnight Xmas Eve (UK time) so please give if you can! www.justgiving.com/page/in-sear...

Just 30 hours before the Fundraiser for the Brighouse Central Foodbank closes. Can you help us hit our target of £2000? We do this in Ann's name every year because she gave £10 to the people of Lightcliffe at Christmas in her will. Thank you! www.justgiving.com/page/in-sear...

Only a little over two days to go before we close the fundraiser for the foodbank in Ann Walker's name. Carrying on her legacy from her will when she left £10 to the people of Lightcliffe. If you can help us get to £2000 by Xmas Eve please donate here: www.justgiving.com/page/in-sear...

Can you help us get to £2000 before Christmas? Our fundraising appeal for Brighouse Central Foodbank ends on Xmas Eve. Each food parcel for a few days costs £43 for a large family, so your money will be put to good use to help those in need. Donate here: www.justgiving.com/page/in-sear...

Ann Walker left money to her wife's sister, Marian, in her will. They forged a friendship during their time at Shibden together. Read this new blog by Deb Woolson on Marian Lister's life. Read here: insearchofannwalker.com/marian-left-...

Ann Walker left £10 to the people of Lightcliffe at Xmas in her will - enough personal estate was invested in consolidated 3% annuities (“consols”) to generate an annual return of £10. Ten pounds is 3% of 333 pounds, 6 shillings and 8 pence, and the actual receipt is below. ⬇️

Below is a note Ann Walker sent to her land steward from Moscow after the death of Anne Lister (transcription below). This Christmas you can help the people of the Lightcliffe area by giving to the local foodbank in Ann Walker's name using this link: www.justgiving.com/page/in-sear...

THANK YOU to all who have helped us reach our first target of £500. Donate, if you can, because Ann left £10 to the people of Lightcliffe at Christmas in her will. Click here: justgiving.com/page/in-sear...

FUNDRAISER 2025 Helping others at Christmas was always on Ann Walker's mind. Not only did she leave £10 a year to the people of Lightcliffe to be given out on Xmas Day, but she sent home letters from her travels to make sure her tenants and ex-servants were taken care of....1/2

FUNDRAISING APPEAL 2025 Today, we start our annual fundraiser for the Brighouse Central Foodbank in Ann's name. It will continue until Xmas Eve. This is our 6th year of fundraising & we have collected over £11k in donations in the last 5 years. #AnneLister #annelisterofshibdenhall #annwalker #albw

FUNDRAISING 2025 IS COMING Every year In Search of Ann Walker fundraises for a local foodbank just as Ann left £10 to the people of Lightcliffe at Xmas. Starts 24 November 2025 until Xmas Eve, so please give generously if you can. Look out for our fundraising posts with more details

NEW BLOG POST Read all about John Walker, Ann's father, in this blog by Deb Woolson. Visit our Ann's Associates portal, scroll down to the John Walker (father) link! Check out more of Ann's family, friends and associates written by ISAW researchers. insearchofannwalker.com/anns-associa...

Today is not only Ann Walker's birthday, it's also the 5th anniversary of In Search Of Ann Walker being formed. Thank you everyone for following us across social media and being supportive. We look forward to the next five years of researching Ann!

Today is Ann Walker's 222nd birthday. We celebrate her today for being: Creative - sewing, knitting, drawing, painting A good traveller - in the UK and abroad A defier of convention - lived with the woman she loved. Happy birthday Ann! What do you celebrate Ann for today?

What did the people of Halifax really know about Anne Lister and Ann Walker’s relationship? Watch the full session with searchingforann.bsky.social to find out what Robert Parker’s letters reveal: https://youtu.be/9fB9Ud-tEwI

#AnnWalker 20 May 1803 - 25 Feb 1854 Landowner Business woman Philanthropist Adventurer Creative And wife More than an adjunct to #AnneLister Laid to rest 3 Mar 1854 here at St. Matthew’s Church Lightcliffe @searchingforann.bsky.social

171 years ago today, at about 1pm, Ann Walker died at her home, Cliffe Hill, in Lightcliffe. We remember her today for her sense of humour, generosity to those less fortunate & how she defied convention to live with the woman she loved. Memorial Card, West Yorkshire Archive Service, SH:3/L/120

Happy Christmas from all at ISAW We hope your day is merry and bright!

ANNUAL FUNDRAISING 2024 THANK YOU ALL! We have raised over £2500 for the Brighouse Central Foodbank helping feed people in need in the local area at Christmastime. It is amazing! We are very grateful for all the donations, likes and shares to help raise this amount in Ann's name.

WHERE WAS ANN WALKER? Read this blog about all about the residences of Ann Walker after the death of her wife, Anne Lister - where did she end up? Read here: insearchofannwalker.com/where-was-an...

ALMOST THERE! We are at 98% from all your generous donations so far! Can you help us get over the line to £2500? Only £39 to go! Donate here: www.justgiving.com/page/in-sear...

We just need £163 more to hit our £2,500 goal. Can you help us get there for Ann?

"MY DEAREST ELIZABETH" Read all about the letters that Ann Walker wrote to her sister, Elizabeth Sutherland, in this blog by Leila Straub. insearchofannwalker.com/my-dearest-e...

ANN'S 5 DAYS IN LONDON Read more about the places Ann Walker visited during the 5 days she spent in London in June 1834. insearchofannwalker.com/ann-walkers-...

3 MORE DAYS TO GO We are soooo close to our final target of £2500. We are at 92%. Please donate to Brighouse Central Foodbank by Xmas Eve! Thank you everyone who has donated, liked and shared our posts during this appeal so far. Donate here: www.justgiving.com/page/in-sear...

ANN WALKER IN PARIS Read all about Ann Walker while she was in Paris during her 1834 honeymoon in this enlightening blog by Julie Gonnet insearchofannwalker.com/ann-walker-i...

ANN, FAMILY AND SHIBDEN HALL After the discovery of Ann Walker's diary in 2020, Ivana Nika wrote this insightful blog about what it tells us about Ann insearchofannwalker.com/ann-family-a...

5 DAYS LEFT TO DONATE 71 of you have already donated! A million thanks! Can we make it to our final target of £2500? We are at 84% right now, so please donate if you can - any amount will help those in need. Donate here: justgiving.com/page/in-search-of-ann-walker-2024

COMPARING THE ANN(E)S In October 2020 an Ann Walker diary was discovered. Read the comparisons of Ann Walker's and Anne Lister's diary entries for the same time period here: insearchofannwalker.com/comparing-th...

ANN WALKER’S LEGACY CHRISTMAS FUNDRAISER “Go on, fearlessly do your duty” On this day 184 years ago, despite grieving for her wife, Ann Walker wrote home from Moscow to ensure acts of charity were carried out at Christmas. Ann's letter to Booth is transcribed below. 1/

FUNDRAISING APPEAL 2024 The Justgiving "Give Now" button is now working again after a sitewide issue. Please give if you can to our appeal to feed people in the Lightcliffe area this Xmas in the spirit of Ann Walker! www.justgiving.com/page/in-sear...

ANN WALKER'S NIECES AND NEPHEWS Read about the relationships between Elizabeth, Evan and Annie Sutherland, the surviving nephew and nieces of Ann Walker in this blog by Deb Woolson insearchofannwalker.com/ann-walkers-....

ANN WALKER'S RETURN After the death of Anne Lister in September 1840, read more about how Ann Walker returned to Halifax from Georgia in this blog by Diane Halford and Dorjana Širola. insearchofannwalker.com/anns-return/

ANN WALKER'S HUMOUR From her letters and diary, we know Ann Walker had a great sense of humour - read our top 10 funny Ann Walker moments in this blog by Leila Straub. insearchofannwalker.com/ann-walkers-...

FUNDRAISING APPEAL 2024 If you are trying to donate, we are aware there is an issue with Justgiving, the "Give Now" button is not working correctly. Support has been messaged and we are awaiting a solution, so please hold off a few days & we will message here when everything is working correctly.

Did you know that there is a free booklet on the life of Ann Walker available in FIVE languages on our website? It's in English, Italian, German, Portuguese and French. Click here to read about the life of Ann: insearchofannwalker.com/ann-walker-b...

ANN'S VISIT TO KIRKSTALL ABBEY One of the best preserved 12th-century monastic sites in England. Visited by Ann Walker and Anne Lister in 1835. Read more in this blog by Martin Walker insearchofannwalker.com/kirkstall-ab...

ANNUAL FUNDRAISER 2024 How amazing that you have all helped us get to £2000, with 12 days to go, to help feed the people of the Lightcliffe area this Christmastime just as Ann left in her will. We have set another target of £2500...

"...SOME LITTLE WHISPERS..." Robert Parker, a Halifax solicitor who worked for both Ann and Anne, wrote a series of letters to his father with much gossip about local families included. See what he said about the Walkers, the Listers and even Ann and Anne! insearchofannwalker.com/some-little-...

Check out my blog on ISAW. If you like it please consider a donation in memory of Ann Walker. Help us get to our £2,000 goal to help families put food on the table.... as Ann did. www.justgiving.com/page/in-sear...

ANN'S ASSOCIATES Want to know more about those people that Ann Walker associated with? Mrs Ainsworth, Lydia Fenton, Robert Parker, her Aunt Ann and all her nieces and nephews to name but a few are profiled on our Associates portal here: insearchofannwalker.com/anns-associa...

MY DEAR MISS WALKER After Anne Lister's death, Ann Walker had a correspondence with Miss Marsh/Mrs Duffin, read about the letters sent between them here in this blog by Deb Woolson: insearchofannwalker.com/my-dear-miss...

ANN WALKER’S LEGACY CHRISTMAS FUNDRAISER Ann Walker, in her will, left a legacy to the people of Lightcliffe at Christmas. Every year we fundraise for a local foodbank in honour of Ann’s legacy. This year it’s the Brighouse Central Foodbank - about 2.5 miles from Cliffe Hill. £1778 raised so far!

FUNDRAISING APPEAL 2024 Ann Walker left money for the people of Lightcliffe in her will but she also gave during her life. Read more about Ann Walker's giving from 3 letters to David Booth in the article below- insearchofannwalker.com/ann-walkers-...