Fragmented cropmark remains of a possible Iron Age or Roman field system mapped from aerial photographs.

Probably founded in 1230 in an unknown location in the city. They were granted timber for building in 1236 and 1237. They were granted a site between the castle and the River Ouse, within the city wall, circa 1243. They acquired more land, eventually...

Terrace of three houses, now flats. Nos 12 and 14, built in the early 18th century; later alteration. Exterior: 3-storey front on semi-basement; 7 windows. 3 windows behind grilles in basement. 3 doorcases, of plain pilasters on tall pedestals, wi...

Site of postern demolished circa 1840.

Friar's Garden shown on Horsley's Plan 1694. Area of garden not exact. Originally part of Dominican Friary (MYO4168). In 1380 the garden of the Friars Preachers was mentioned in a document. By the time of the Dissolution it was recorded as 1 acre (ga...

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In 1667 land was purchased for a burial ground on Bishophill, south of the river between the present Albion Street and Cromwell Road. Lindley Murray, the author, and John Woolman, the American Quaker who died of smallpox whilst visiting York, are bur...

In 1855 land for a new burial ground was purchased by the Friends next to The Retreat.

Former Primitive Methodist chapel built at Acomb Green in 1846 and converted to a Friends meeting house in 1912. A meeting was started in the Foresters' Hall, Acomb, in 1906. Four years later this was recognized as the Acomb Allowed Meeting. The ...

Friends meeting house, built in 1817, on the site of an earlier house which was in use from 1674. The current Meeting House is the latest in a long line of structures constructed by the Society of Friends (Quakers) on this site since 1673. The bu...