It is possible some of these may not even have been memorialized in a gravestone in the first place. However, though the Parish records include many Lister burials, there aren’t many surviving gravestones to memorialize them. Many of her ancestors and siblings preceded her and, by the time she was buried, there were a considerable number of Listers who could also claim the church as their final resting place. Though she is undeniably the most famous Lister from Shibden Hall buried in the Halifax Minster, Anne Lister certainly wasn’t the first. Some of the illustrious tenants of the building have names that will be familiar to those studying Halifax history, and particularly the Halifax of Anne’s time: Priestley, Waterhouse, Ramsden, Walker, and, of course, Lister. Over the centuries, the parish church has been the stage of numerous events connected to Halifax’s history and its people, many of whom worshiped there, attended meetings, saw their children baptized, and their dead buried in the many vaults and brick-lined shaft graves below the church floors. John the Baptist in Halifax, commonly referred to as Halifax Minster since it received that status in 2009 “in recognition of its great church status and monastic tradition,” is one of the oldest buildings in Halifax. In reality the discussion never went that far, but aunt Anne did love her niece unconditionally “and so she was prepared - surprising as it may seem - to view Anne’s ‘choice & prospects’ in conventional dynastic terms, just as Anne did.”. After that, Anne’s speech and aunt Anne’s reply reinforce the idea that aunt Anne probably knows her niece’s “true nature”.
Anne, at first, talks to her aunt about Miss Walker in terms of property and income ( ”She has 2 ½ thousand a year, 2 of it entirely at her disposal.”), right after, the conversation becomes clearer with Anne asking: “ Wouldn’t you say that was a prudent match?” and aunt Anne saying: “Yes, of course, if you were a man.” which gives us the impression that her aunt probably knows or at least suspects what kind of relationship her niece and Miss Walker really have (not a “romantic friendship” but a romantic & sexual relationship). If you think about the conversation the two have in episode 3 of Gentleman Jack I’d say they adapted Anne relationship with her Aunt pretty well.
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