Visitors .to the Treasure House in Beverley this spring and summer have been inspired by our exhibition Birds, Books and Belfries: An East Yorkshire Parson-Naturalist. “A nineteenth century Chris Packham" is how one visitor described Rev Francis Orpen Morris, subject ofthe exhibition, in the comments book. We explored his ten years as vicar of Nafferton where Morris found much to complain about but by chance came into the sphere of Benjamin Fawcett. Finally, we looked at his forty plus years as vicar of Nunburnholme, a village he loved (helped by the lack of pubs!) and where his campaigning with the Association for the Protection of Seabirds led to what is thought to be the first legislation in the world to protect birds, The Sea Birds Preservation Act, 1869.
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