United Kingdom / York subjects

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Frank Raney
John Barry
(1933-2011) Oscar winner
Frankie Howerd OBE
(1917-1992) Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Blue Bridge, York
(1738-1767) bridge
Joseph Terry
(1793-1850) confectioner
St Margaret Clitherow
(1556-1586) Saint
John Woolman
(1720-1772) Quaker
William Alexander
(1768-1841) Quaker
William Tuke
(1732-1822) Quaker
Esther Tuke
Quaker
Lindley Murray
(1745-1826) Quaker
Earl Thomas Percy
(1528-1572) nephew
Our Lady's Row, Goodramgate
(1316-present) houses
City Walls, York
wall
Dr John Snow
(1813-1858) epidemiologist
Stonegate
road
W. H. Auden
(1907-1973) poet
Constantius Chlorus
(250-306) Emperor
Holy Trinity, York
church
Hornpot Lane
lane
Dr John Burton
(1710-1771) prototype of Dr Slop in "Tristram Shandy"
Gatehouse of St. Leonard's Hospital
gatehouse
The Red House, York
(1718-present) house
Sir W. Robinson
Knight Bachelor
Mansion House, York
(1725-present) house
Bedern Chapel
(1394-present) chapel
The Mount
(1831-1857) school
Sir Henry Jenkyns
(1569-1646) Knight Bachelor
Frank Green
Monk Bar
gatehouse
Jaques Sterne
(d.1759) Precentor of York Minster
Ancient Society of York Florists
(1768-present) society
Thomas Cooke
(1807-1868) British instrument maker
John Smeaton FRS
(1724-1792) Fellow of the Royal Society
Observatory, York
observatory
Oliver Sheldon House
house
King Richard III of England
(1452-1485) Plantagenet
Edward of Middleham
(1473-1484) Prince of Wales
John Wesley MA
(1703-1791) evangelist
Charles Wesley
(1707-1788) Divine
George Whitefield
(1714-1770) preacher
John Bowes Morrell
(1873-1963) founder of York Conservation Trust
St. Andrew Society of York
(1894-present) society
Lady Sarah Hewley
(1627-1710) Lady
York County Hospital
hospital
J. B. Atkinson
architect
W. Atkinson
architect
John Carr
(1723-1807) architect
Ald. George Hudson
(1800-1871) Lord Mayor of York
Walmgate Bar
gatehouse
Roman Fortress, York
St George's Hall Cinema
(1921-1965) cinema
Dr William Arthur Evelyn
(1860-1935) Doctor (unknown type)
Silvanus Phillips Thompson
(1851-1916) physicist
Peter Johnson
Recorder of York
Castlegate House
(1763-present) house
Yorkshire Agricultural Society
(1837-present) agricultural society
William Etty RA
(1787-1849) painter
Mary Ward
(1585-1645) educator
Black Swan, York
coaching inn
Holy Trinity Stocks
stocks
John Bourchier
(1710-1759)
St Mary's Abbey
(1266-present) abbey
John Goodricke FRS
(1764-1786) astronomer
Sir Thomas Herbert 1st Baronet
(1606-1682) parliamentarian
Ald. William Cornwell
alderman
The Burton Stone
stone
St. Mary Magdelene Hospital, York
hospital
Cuthbert Morrell
(1872-1959) founder of York Conservation Trust
Constantine the Great
(272-337)
William Milner
(1900-1942) u Station Foreman
John Phillips
(1800-1874) geologist
Ald. Edna Annie Crichton
alderman
Clementhorpe Nunnery
convent
The Most Revd and Rt Hon Thurstan
(1070-1140) Archbishop of York
James Pigott Pritchett
(1789-1868) architect
Laurence Sterne
(1713-1768) novelist
King Charles I of England
(1600-1649) King of England
East Coast Main Line
railway
St Margaret's School For Girls
(1905-1968) school
bowman shutters, York
shutters
Multangular Tower
tower
Terry's Chocolate Works
(1926-present) factory
Francis W. Terry
(1878-1960) chocolatier
Noel Terry
(1889-1960) chocolatier
York Blue Coat Boys' School
blue coat school
Guild of St. Anthony
(1418-1627) guild
Joseph Rowntree
(1836-1925) Chairman of Rowntree's
St. Oswald’s Hall
chapel
George Yeld
(1845-1938) horticulturalist
George Russell
(1857-1951) gardener
Winifred Cruse
u
Catherine Cruse
u
Mary Cruse
u
The Swan, York
public house
The Swann, York
public house
Dringhouses School
(1850-1904) school
Village Reading Room
(1904-1942) reading room
Wilkinson Memorial Library
(1942-present) library
St Stephen's Orphanage
(1870-present) orphanage
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
(1926-2022) Queen of the United Kingdom
Sir Martin Bowes
(1500-1566) Treasurer of the Royal Mint
Edward Thompson MP
(1639-1701) Member of Parliament
William Bowes MP
(d.1439) Member of Parliament
William Bowes MP
Member of Parliament
Henrietta Wolfe
Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree CH
(1871-1954) Quaker
George Robinson
u publican
York City Association Football Club
(1922-present) association football club
George Walker Milburn
(1844-1941) stone carver
James Backhouse
(1794-1869)
Thomas Backhouse
(1792-1845) botanist
Peter Windass
(d.1994) stonemason
George Townsend Andrews
(1804-1855) architect
George Butterworth MC
(1885-1916) composer
Elizabeth Montagu
(1718-1800) writer
Joseph Aloysius Hansom
(1803-1882) inventor of the hansom cab
St Sampson's, York
church
Samuel Tuke
(1784-1857) philanthropist
Mary Ann Craven
(1826-1900) confectioner
Craven’s French Almond Works
(d.1966) factory
King Henry VIII of England
(1491-1547) King of England
King James I of England
(1566-1625) King of England
Mary Ellen Best
(1809-1891) watercolourist
York Irish Community
community
Rigg Monument
u Ancient Monument
George Hudson Street
street
Shipton Street School
(1890-present) school
William Brierley
architect
William Carr
u
Norman Wilkinson
(1878-1971) u
Anne Lister
(1791-1840) entrepreneur
Ann Walker
Castle Mills Bridge
bridge
The Blue Bell, York
(1798-present) public house
Robert Aske
(d.1537) leader of the Pilgrimage of Grace
Henry Baines
(1737-1878) botanist
Fulford Cross
market cross
Fossgate Banner
market
York railway station
(1877-present) railway station
York railway station air raid
(1942) bombing
lane from the staithes, York
lane
Charlotte Brontë
(1816-1855) novelist
Anne Brontë
(1820-1849) writer
Ralph Rokeby Esq
(d.1575) secretary of the Council of the North
Leak & Thorp
company
George Inn, York
inn
Quaker burial ground, York
burial ground
Sydney Smith
(1771-1845) author
Anglian Tower
tower
York Rugby League Club
Rugby League football club
Queen Margaret Tudor of Scotland
(1489-1541) Queen of Scotland
Thomas Prosser
(1817-1888) architect
Thomas Elliot Harrison
(1808-1888) engineer
Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate
street
Guy Fawkes
(1570-1606) Gunpowder Plot conspirator
Edward Fawkes
(1532-1578)
Edith Fawkes
The Shambles, York
street
Minster Gates, York
gate
Trinity Court
(1638-present) soapworks
Nicholas Towers
sheriff
Mount School
(1785-present) school
Patrick Waddington
(1901-1987) merchant
Davygate
road
David
King's Lardiner
Praetorian Gate
gate
York College for Girls
(1908-1997) college
York Minster Library
library
Miles Coverdale
(1488-1569) translator of the first complete printed English Bible
St Martin-le-Grand
Roman Column
King William I of England
(1028-1087) King of England
King Henry III of England
(1207-1272) King of England
Clifford's Tower
castle
York Zero Post
zero point for the measurement the North Eastern Railway's lines
North Eastern Railway (United Kingdom)
(1854-1922) railway
Masonic Hall, York
(1884-present) masonic hall
Institute for Popular Science and Literature, York
(1846-1882) institute
John Walker
Rector
Lord General Thomas Fairfax
(1612-1671) New Model Army Lord General
Lord Ferdinando Fairfax
(1584-1648) Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Golden Lion, York
(1771-present) public house
Joseph Mollett
publican
Thomas Bell
publican
James Bell
Stephen Pit Corder
(1918-1990) linguist
North Eastern Railway Distant Signal, York
railway signal
Lendal Tower
(1300-present) tower
Micklegate Bar
gatehouse
Red Tower
tower
Cholera Burial Ground
All Saints, North Street
church
Sir Ralph Wedgwood
(d.1942) train
Lendal Cellars
John Shannon CBE
Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Sir Rt Hon. Richard Boyle KG PC
(1694-1753) architect
Assembly Rooms, York
(1730-present) assembly rooms
John Forman
master mason
Exhibition Square, York
(1879-present) square
Yorkshire Gentlemen's Cricket Club
(1863-present) cricket club
Ye Olde Starre Inne
Bootham
street
Yves Mahé
(1919-1962) fighter pilot
York Aerodrome
aerodrome
Ordnance Depot Railway
railway
Edwin Ridsdale Tate
(1862-1922) architect
Petergate
road
Lady Peckitt's Yard
yard
William Bell
(1844-1919) architect
Horace Field
architect
Grand Hotel and Spa (York)
(1906-present) hotel
Association of Voluntary Guides to the City Of York
(1951-present) association
St. Leonard's Hospital, York
hospital
John Armitt
mounting steps
The Pavement
(1378-present) street
Phileas Fry
York Synagogue
Norman House, York
York Women’s Social and Political Union
political union
Frank Pick
(1878-1941) pioneer of good design for London Transport