Clements Hall Local History Group
@clemhallhistory.bsky.social
Community group in York working on the #localhistory of the Scarcroft, South Bank, Clementhorpe and Bishophill areas.
See www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk.
See www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk.
Our new book about Micklegate is out this week, packed with stories, facts, photos and memories. Details and stockists at www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/mickleg... @balhnews.bsky.social @yorkfhs.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Our new book about Micklegate is out this week, packed with stories, facts, photos and memories. Details and stockists at www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/mickleg... @balhnews.bsky.social @yorkfhs.bsky.social
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Yale promotional key hanging at Pextons since the 1940's. Made of solid aluminium recycled from WWII airplanes.
November 28, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Yale promotional key hanging at Pextons since the 1940's. Made of solid aluminium recycled from WWII airplanes.
Our latest blogpost features 90 years of Pextons Hardware on Bishy Road in #York www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/pextons... @balhnews.bsky.social @yorkfhs.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Our latest blogpost features 90 years of Pextons Hardware on Bishy Road in #York www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/pextons... @balhnews.bsky.social @yorkfhs.bsky.social
We believe the library originally started in Micklegate House in Micklegate in the early 1960s?
October 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
We believe the library originally started in Micklegate House in Micklegate in the early 1960s?
We've renewed our display panel at @theslipinnyork.bsky.social in Clementhorpe, #York, as the history of shipbuilding and other industries nearby is of great interest to customers. There's a new inn sign too, as the old sign was very misleading www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/echoes-...
September 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM
We've renewed our display panel at @theslipinnyork.bsky.social in Clementhorpe, #York, as the history of shipbuilding and other industries nearby is of great interest to customers. There's a new inn sign too, as the old sign was very misleading www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/echoes-...
Our book about Micklegate, out on 15 October.
September 13, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Our book about Micklegate, out on 15 October.
There's a great feature on our new Micklegate book in today's Yorkshire Post. The book is due out on 15 October.
September 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM
There's a great feature on our new Micklegate book in today's Yorkshire Post. The book is due out on 15 October.
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I've written a blogpost for the British Association for Local History (BALH), about our scoria bricks research, www.balh.org.uk/blog-scoria-...
September 9, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I've written a blogpost for the British Association for Local History (BALH), about our scoria bricks research, www.balh.org.uk/blog-scoria-...
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In one of our latest blogs, Susan Major considers the history of Micklegate in York.
Find out more: ow.ly/5lnw50WNt6U
#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll
Find out more: ow.ly/5lnw50WNt6U
#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll
September 3, 2025 at 7:38 AM
In one of our latest blogs, Susan Major considers the history of Micklegate in York.
Find out more: ow.ly/5lnw50WNt6U
#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll
Find out more: ow.ly/5lnw50WNt6U
#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll
We've got a free guided walk around Bishophill coming up soon, on 28 September, with Tee Bylo. Details here
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A Bishophill Amble with Clements Hall Local History Group
In celebration of the York Walking Festival - join us for a leisurely walk around Bishophill with The Clements Hall Local History Group
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August 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
We've got a free guided walk around Bishophill coming up soon, on 28 September, with Tee Bylo. Details here
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-bishophi... @yorkfhs.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-bishophi... @yorkfhs.bsky.social
Our Micklegate blogpost is now up on the @balhnews.bsky.social website at www.balh.org.uk/blog-mickleg...
Micklegate in York: centuries of history | Local History News | British Association For Local History
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August 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Our Micklegate blogpost is now up on the @balhnews.bsky.social website at www.balh.org.uk/blog-mickleg...
Our latest blogpost welcomes three new independent shops in our local area of #York, setting them in the context of the 150 years history of their premises, all corner shops. @balhnews.bsky.social @yorkfhs.bsky.social
www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/putting...
www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/putting...
August 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Our latest blogpost welcomes three new independent shops in our local area of #York, setting them in the context of the 150 years history of their premises, all corner shops. @balhnews.bsky.social @yorkfhs.bsky.social
www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/putting...
www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/putting...
Some news about our latest book, this time about Micklegate in #York www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/mickleg... @balhnews.bsky.social @yorkfhs.bsky.social
August 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Some news about our latest book, this time about Micklegate in #York www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/mickleg... @balhnews.bsky.social @yorkfhs.bsky.social
We spoke in favour of the new Toppings York bookshop tonight at 1 Museum St, and I'm delighted to say that the Planning Committee voted unanimously against the officer recommendation to refuse it. They have now referred it back for officer approval.
July 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
We spoke in favour of the new Toppings York bookshop tonight at 1 Museum St, and I'm delighted to say that the Planning Committee voted unanimously against the officer recommendation to refuse it. They have now referred it back for officer approval.
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This is 'Brontë Country' - the middle of Keighley, barely a couple of miles from Haworth in living memory.
Coal-fired factories, quarries, worked out clay pits, gas works, engineering companies...
Coal-fired factories, quarries, worked out clay pits, gas works, engineering companies...
July 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
This is 'Brontë Country' - the middle of Keighley, barely a couple of miles from Haworth in living memory.
Coal-fired factories, quarries, worked out clay pits, gas works, engineering companies...
Coal-fired factories, quarries, worked out clay pits, gas works, engineering companies...
Local history groups have an important role in documenting social and economic change for the benefit of future generations. See how our research has covered the transformation of the Terry’s site in York @balhnews.bsky.social @yorkfhs.bsky.social www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/the-cho...
July 14, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Local history groups have an important role in documenting social and economic change for the benefit of future generations. See how our research has covered the transformation of the Terry’s site in York @balhnews.bsky.social @yorkfhs.bsky.social www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/the-cho...
Our new blogpost at www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/helen-s... pays tribute to Helen Snelson, a wonderful champion of #HistoryEducation. In her memory we're contributing to the @histassoc.bsky.social Teaching Fellowship Programme to support teaching of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller histories.
Clements Hall Local History Group - Helen Snelson
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June 30, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Our new blogpost at www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/helen-s... pays tribute to Helen Snelson, a wonderful champion of #HistoryEducation. In her memory we're contributing to the @histassoc.bsky.social Teaching Fellowship Programme to support teaching of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller histories.
We'll be at the @yorkfhs.bsky.social event at Acomb Church Hall tomorrow - 28 June - 10am till 3pm. We'll be displaying our books and programme of talks, together with some of our old photos. Do come along and see us. @balhnews.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 7:47 AM
We'll be at the @yorkfhs.bsky.social event at Acomb Church Hall tomorrow - 28 June - 10am till 3pm. We'll be displaying our books and programme of talks, together with some of our old photos. Do come along and see us. @balhnews.bsky.social
We've got some new traders on Bishy Road in #York, carrying on a tradition of female independent shopkeepers.
Latest blogpost at www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/new-lif...
Latest blogpost at www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/new-lif...
June 18, 2025 at 10:56 AM
We've got some new traders on Bishy Road in #York, carrying on a tradition of female independent shopkeepers.
Latest blogpost at www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/new-lif...
Latest blogpost at www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/new-lif...
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I'll be talking at the York Festival of Ideas next Saturday, 7 June 2025, part of a panel focusing on how the railways have transformed York. I'll be showing how events in the 1840s brought mass tourism to York. Details of this free event at yorkfestivalofideas.com/2025/calenda...
Transforming York: Rail’s legacy
Join our expert speakers as they look back over 200 remarkable years of rail history and assess its transformative impact on the city of York and the wider region.
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May 30, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I'll be talking at the York Festival of Ideas next Saturday, 7 June 2025, part of a panel focusing on how the railways have transformed York. I'll be showing how events in the 1840s brought mass tourism to York. Details of this free event at yorkfestivalofideas.com/2025/calenda...
Our next talk is tomorrow night, Fri 23 May, at Clements Hall York, see www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk. Anne Houson features the history of Rowntree Park, gifted to the people of York over 100 years ago. It looks at how the park and our relationship to it has changed over those years.
May 22, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Our next talk is tomorrow night, Fri 23 May, at Clements Hall York, see www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk. Anne Houson features the history of Rowntree Park, gifted to the people of York over 100 years ago. It looks at how the park and our relationship to it has changed over those years.
Our latest blogpost is a taster for our new book about #Micklegate in #York, due out this autumn. The post features the horse tramways which operated in Micklegate between 1882 and 1910
www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/the-mic... @balhnews.bsky.social
www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/the-mic... @balhnews.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Our latest blogpost is a taster for our new book about #Micklegate in #York, due out this autumn. The post features the horse tramways which operated in Micklegate between 1882 and 1910
www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/the-mic... @balhnews.bsky.social
www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/the-mic... @balhnews.bsky.social
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For #Archive30 #ArchiveAdvice here is our Resources page, which contains links to many of the free to access resources we use for our research on 19th century British political history: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/resources/
Resources
In researching the careers of MPs who sat in the Commons between 1832 and 1868, and the electoral histories of the constituencies they represented, we make extensive use of online resources. On thi…
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April 18, 2025 at 10:11 AM
For #Archive30 #ArchiveAdvice here is our Resources page, which contains links to many of the free to access resources we use for our research on 19th century British political history: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/resources/
Our 19th century poverty project around Nunnery Lane in York features in this #YorkPress report. @balhnews.bsky.social
www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2508433...
www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2508433...
Discover York's hidden past - right on your doorstep
See what's on during Local History Month at Explore York Libraries and Archives in May
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April 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Our 19th century poverty project around Nunnery Lane in York features in this #YorkPress report. @balhnews.bsky.social
www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2508433...
www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2508433...