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1842 et seq. but incorporating 1st YNM Engine Shed of 1839. NMR: Railway Works Queen Street. Opened in 1841 for the York and North Midland Railway Company, later part of North Eastern Railway. This small group of buildings later became York Railwa...

York was an established Anglian town by the mid 8th century with its origins going back into the 7th century. York fell to the Danish army in 866 and was the centre of a Danish kingdom for the next fifty years. During the first half of the tenth cent...

Cast iron water tank of 1839 and may therefore be one of the earliest, if not the earliest, such tank in existence

York Castle originated as a Norman motte and bailey, built in 1068 when William the Conqueror came north to consolidate his power over the country. It was of earth and timber construction and the original motte underlies the thirteenth century mound ...

A motte and bailey castle with an inner and outer bailey, constructed in 1068 or 1069. The initial timber castle on the motte was burned in 1190 in an anti-Jewish riot. There is a reference to the destruction of the castle gate in 1228 by high win...

Established 1836-7 by the York Public Cemetery Company. Buildings and layout the first by James Pigott Pritchett, who became one of the century’s leading cemetery specialists. York Cemetery was opened in 1837. It contains a Grade II* listed chap...

A Greek Revival style cemetery chapel in York Cemetery. The chapel was designed by James Pigott Pritchett in 1837 for the York General Cemetery Company. It is built of limestone ashlar from Roche Abbey with a shallow pitched slate roof. A restoration...

The Cemetery Lodge at York Cemetery was designd by James Pigott Pritchett for the York General Cemetery. It was built in 1837 with alterations dating to 1892. The building has a 2-storey 3-bay central range with a single storey 3-bay extension at the...