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After the war, York slowly regained its former pre-eminence in the North, and, by 1660, was the third-largest city in England after London and Norwich. In 1686 the Bar Convent was founded, in secret due to anti-catholic Laws, making it the oldest surviving convent in England. York elected two members to the Unreformed House of Commons.
3rd Duke of York 1411–1460: Edward IV 4th Duke of York 1442–1483 r. 1461–1470, 1471–1483: Edmund Earl of Rutland 1443–1460: George Plantagenet Duke of Clarence 1449–1478: Richard III 1452–1485 r. 1483–1485: Elizabeth of York 1444–c. 1503: John de la Pole Duke of Suffolk 1442–1492: Henry VII 1457–1509 r. 1485–1509 ...
The Tuke family of York were a family of Quaker innovators involved in establishing: Rowntree's Cocoa Works; The Retreat Mental Hospital; three Quaker schools - Ackworth, Bootham, and The Mount; They included four generations. The main Tukes were: William Tuke III (1732-1822), founder of The Retreat at York, one of the first modern insane ...
The team has not won during its current iteration of ownership under the York family, but this year they are hoping to change that. The 49ers were founded in 1946 by Tony Morabito, and after his ...
James McClure will sign books from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Aug. 2, and noon to 2 p.m., Aug. 3, at the York County History Center’s new museum at West Philadelphia and North Pershing in York. The ...
The second of two columns focusing on the surrender of York to the Confederates in late-June 1863 – a pivotal moment in York County’s story.
A History of the County of York: The City of York. London: Victoria County History. Smyth, Alfred P. (1975). Scandinavian York and Dublin: the history and archaeology of two related Viking kingdoms. Dublin: Templekieran Press. ISBN 9780716523659. Pevsner, Nikolaus; Neave, David (1995) [1972]. Yorkshire: York and the East Riding. Pevsner ...
The site of York and its access routes took advantage of the higher ground of the York moraine which crosses the vale from west to east. Roman Britain Within a few years of defeating the Brigantian tribe at Stanwick in 74 AD the Romans had discovered and were smelting lead at Greenhow , in Nidderdale, in the Pennines as evidenced by inscribed ...