York Crematorium was built in 1962 for York Corporation, it was designed by E Firth in association with C J Minter and Richard L Sawyer, and built by Sorrell (York) Ltd. A modern building, almost domestic in design, built of light, hand-made bricks w...

Crutched Friars began to settle in York early in the reign of Edward II, circa 1307, but were discountenanced by Archbishop Greenfield of York, and had moved on circa 1310.

The friary was probably founded in 1260, and the property was disposed on 1312. Its location is unknown.

Built c1854, the two-storey brick building accommodated 120 patients. The hospital contained a medical, a surgical and a general ward with facilities for ophthalmic and 'lunatic' patients.

Chapel of archiepiscopal palace, now York Minster Library. Chapel c1230; restored, extended and converted to library 1806-11; extended further in C20. C19 restoration and extension by William Shout, Mastermason to the Minster. Stained glass c1810...

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Railway station constructed in 1840-42 as the terminus of the York and North Midland Railway. It was the first terminus to incorporate a hotel, constructed in 1853, into the main station complex. It closed in 1877 when it was replaced by the present ...

In the early 18th century the Knavesmire was drained and levelled. The first race meet took place there in 1731 having moved from Clifton Ings. In the 1750s a grandstand was designed by John Carr; the lower storey is the only part to survive, now inc...

A large 2nd-4th century AD Roman cemetery, consisting of inhumations and cremations, was destroyed when York's railway station was built in the 1840s. In terms of present-day topography the main area may be defined more accurately as including Sta...

The Y.N.M. was empowered in 1846 to construct a branch from the Scarborough line to Market Weighton and Beverley; the York to Market Weighton section was opened in 1847, but it was not extended to Beverley until 1865. ( From: 'Transport', A History ...