Stories in the stones … Stonegate paving plans
The planned repaving of Stonegate in 2020: looking for more detail, beyond the much-quoted press release.
More …‘York-based’ Persimmon …
Wondering why a critical report on (‘York-based’) Persimmon Homes hasn’t had coverage in the local media.
More …Whatever happened to the Corner House?
Was a pub, now a shop. An update on the Corner House, on the corner of Burton Stone Lane and Cromer Street.
More …Cycling women, and charabancs, and more info appreciated
A photo from a century ago, women lined up with their bicycles, by St William’s College in York. Notes and queries.
More …A fiddler on the roof, York Minster
On the roof of the Minster’s south transept, at one time – ‘a singular accompaniment for a place of worship’ – since removed.
More …St William’s College, and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s visit in 1857
St William’s College, in its more dilapidated years, as described by a visitor in the 1850s, and pictured by Henry Cave, and late 19th century photographers.
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