Cross (Portland Stone) in St Nicholas Church grounds. Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/WHO GIVITH US THE VICTORY/ AND IN EVER THANKFUL/MEMORY OF ALL IN THIS/PARISH WHO SERVED/ THEIR COUNTRY/ESPECIALLY THOSE HERE/RECORDED WHO FELL/IN THE GREAT WAR/19...

Askham Richard is first documented in the Domesday Book in 1086 and has a pre-Conquest foundation. The name place-name Askham derives from the Old English “Ascam” of “Ascha” possibly meaning the “enclosure of the ash-tree”, with the addition of “Ric...

Tower NW4 has not been discovered and is a conjectured position.

House dating from the early 19th century.

Number 44 Haxby Road is a house dating from the early 19th century.

THE AUGUSTINIAN FRIARY stood on a restricted site of about 2 acres lying between the Ouse and Old Coney Street (now Lendal), and stretching from St. Leonard's Landing to 'Common Hall Lane' near the Guildhall. According to an unverified tradition, ...

The Backhouse Nursery was established on this site in Fishergate in 1838-41. It previously occupied the site that was to become York's first railway station inside the City Walls on Toft Green/ Tanner Row. In 1853 was moved again to a 100-acre site...

The terraced streets in this area are not in unusual or special in a national context. However, their homogeneity in scale and mass make a powerful contribution to the character of the area and have a strong local value. The housing designs are subtl...

Gifted to the City Council by S.A. Rowntree as a green recreation area in 1911. It contains a seated garden area and some trees. Used by residents of the gardenless local terrace houses and by children as a peaceful area away from the road. Nominated...

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