Clementhorpe Nunnery
Thurstan, Archbishop of York, founded Clementhorpe nunnery in 1130 to service the parish of St Clement – an area bounded by the River Ouse, York’s city walls, the Knavesmire and …
Thurstan, Archbishop of York, founded Clementhorpe nunnery in 1130 to service the parish of St Clement – an area bounded by the River Ouse, York’s city walls, the Knavesmire and …
Talbot Court is a gated courtyard off Low Petergate. Access is flanked on one side by 62 Low Petergate, currently a restaurant but previously York College for Girls. On the …
York’s first minster church was a small wooden affair, built during the reign of King Edwin of Deira, following his conversion by the Gregorian missionary Paulinus in 626AD. Famously described …
The Anglo-Saxon scholar Alcuin describes how he and the then Archbishop of York – Eanbald – built a church in honour of the previous Archbishop – Ælberht. Dedicated to Holy Wisdom (Alma …