Egton Memorial
This one is a little diddy post on an interesting memorial we came across when staying at The Witching Post Inn. What we originally thought was a war memorial is actually a memorial for John Foster who was a fairly important landowner in the area. If you think back to the Bilsington Monument, this is in the same strain, he did a lot for the community along with his brothers, and it is the Foster family that we have to thank for St Hilda's Church in Egton. The memorial was erected in 1912 by John's sons and the tenants of the Egton Estate which still stands along with Egton Manor. The Foster family owned the Black Dyke Mills in Bradford and had purchased the estate in Egton between the four brothers in 1869 as a sporting estate. As time went on the three of the brothers sold their stakes and John, the youngest brother, ended up the sole owner. During their ownership, and something John continued, the Foster's rebuilt many agricultural buildings and also provide...
