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The following is a list of historic maps of York: c.1610: John Speed's map [1] 1624: Samuel Parsons' map of Dringhouses [2] c1682: Captain James Archer's Plan of the Greate, Antient & Famous Citty of York [3] 1685: Jacob Richards' Survey of the City of York [4] 1694: Benedict Horsley's Iconography or Ground Plot of ye City of Yorke [1]
Skeldergate House Hotel is a Grade II* listed building [1] in the Bishophill area of central York, in England. An earlier house at 56 Skeldergate was purchased by Ralph Dodsworth in 1769. In 1777, he became Sheriff of York , and it is believed that this inspired him to commission John Carr to design him a new house, large enough to entertain ...
Middlethorpe Hall is a 17th-century English country house standing in 20 acres (8 ha) of grounds in Middlethorpe, York, North Yorkshire. It is a perfectly symmetrical red brick and stone house built in 1699 and since 2008 has been owned by the National Trust. It is currently used as a hotel. [1]
John Cossins included an image of the house on his New and Exact Plan of the City of York (1727). The wing to the South-East of the building was built in three stages. In the 18th century, the first two storeys were constructed, in 1806 a further extension was erected and in the mid-19th century, a third storey was added.
The cottage was originally called the Bachelor's Cottage, and built as an overflow residence for Sandringham House. [2]In 1893, it was given by the future King Edward VII, then the Prince of Wales, as a wedding gift to his son Prince George, the Duke of York (later King George V), [1] who lived there with his wife, the future Queen Mary, after their marriage. [3]
Several buildings on King's Staith survived the clearances and remain to this day, including Cumberland House and the Kings Arms Pub which, from early-17th century formed the water front end of First Water Lane. [3] Pudding Holes, a public washing site, lay at the southern end of the street, just north of the walls of the York Franciscan Friary ...
In the mid-16th century, the Company of Merchant Adventurers of York owned a house on Marketshire, a street which was becoming known as Pavement. They let out the house to Christopher Herbert, a merchant who later became Lord Mayor of York. He purchased the property in 1557, and later passed it on to his son, Thomas, who acquired properties ...
Fulford is a historic village and civil parish on the outskirts of York, in the York district, in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. Fulford is located 2 miles (3 km) to the south of the city, on the east bank of the River Ouse. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 2,785. [1]