by Admin | Sep 12, 2024 | Blog
Taking place on Friday 13th and Saturday 14th September this year, at the York Racecourse,the York National Bookfair is a regular fixture in the city’s cultural calendar attracting visitorsand sellers from across the UK and beyond. This year’s event is set to impress...
by Admin | Aug 15, 2024 | Blog
A hunchbacked murderous tyrant or a much-maligned monarch? Whatever you may think about King Richard III, there is no doubt that he was greatly loved by the people of the North, and by the citizens of York in particular. As Duke of Gloucester and as King he was...
by Admin | Jul 1, 2024 | Blog
Almshouses are places of charitable support for the poor, the sick, widows and strangers. Nationwide, in the 21st century, there are 2,600 functioning Almshouses in the UK, supporting around 36,000 elderly people on low incomes. Here in York, we have the first purpose...
by Admin | Apr 1, 2024 | Blog
Visitors to York can see his grave in St George’s churchyard, his place of hanging at York’s Tyburn and his condemned cell in the Museum that was formerly York Castle prison. He has had a romantic reputation as a highwayman who held up stagecoaches at gunpoint and...
by Admin | Mar 15, 2024 | Blog
There are over 70 historical blue plaques in York, but this one, with its distinctive rainbow border, is unique. It was the first ever permanent rainbow plaque in the UK and commemorates the day that Anne Lister and Ann Walker came here with the intent to...
