The Dark Walk
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Dark Walk by mark belshaw as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
![](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/54/67/1546791_51f5f803.jpg)
Image: © mark belshaw Taken: 1 Aug 2009
Richard Francis Shireburn, the only son of Sir Nicholas Shireburn, died here in 1702 of poisoning, after eating Yew Tree berries. On his father's death in 1717 the house passed to his wife and later to his daughter Mary, Duchess of Norfolk.