Carved and woven, museum treasures
Treasures from the Yorkshire Museum, from St Martin’s church on Coney Street and the Coppergate excavations.
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The Duchess and the tree
There’s an update to this page, following the decision not to place a preservation order on the tree.
More … Behind the art gallery
This is where the Second World War hostel buildings – aka the ‘hutments’ – used to be. I More …
Is Victorian valued?
I’ve been following the Victorian Society on Twitter, and this has focussed my mind on some of the Victorian buildings included in these pages over the last eight years, particularly those demolished, or rotting away.
More …Up the banks
The banks of the title are not of the financial variety, you may be glad to hear. This page could … More …
World tour of York, with barrow – 1940s
Following the discussion of the gasworks in the Foss Bank/Heworth Green area, Stephen sent memories of visiting those premises, and others, gathering food and fuel. More valuable than ever during the war years, and available for free, if you knew where to go, and were … More …
Hotel plans, and history: St Leonard’s Place
As reported in The Press recently, plans have been submitted to turn this building into a hotel.
The once handsome crescent on St Leonard’s Place has for many years (decades?) been occupied by City of York … More …
Looking down on the cholera burial ground, 1832
The cholera burial ground near the station has already been included on this website. It’s very familiar to York residents, and probably of more interest … More …