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Timeline of York
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of York, North Yorkshire in northern England.
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City of York
The City of York is a unitary authority area with city status in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England.
The district's main settlement is York, and its coverage extends to the town of Haxby and the villages of Earswick, Upper Poppleton, Nether Poppleton, Copmanthorpe, Bishopthorpe, Dunnington, Stockton on the Forest, Rufforth, Askham Bryan and Askham Richard, among other villages and hamlets. The district had a population of 202,800 in the 2021 Census The City of York is administered by the City of York Council based in The Guildhall.
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Battle of York (867)
The Battle of York was fought between the Vikings of the Great Heathen Army and the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria on 21 March 867 in the city of York.
Formerly controlled by the Roman Empire, York had been taken over by the Anglo-Saxons and had become the capital of the Kingdom of Northumbria. In 866 this kingdom was in the middle of a civil war, with Ælla and Osberht both claiming the crown. The Vikings, who had arrived on the eastern shores of the British Isles led by Ubba and Ivar, were able to take the city.
In the spring of 867 Ælla and Osberht united to try to push the Vikings out of York. Despite the Northumbrians making it inside the walls, the battle ended without success, and with the deaths of both Ælla and Osberht.
Following their victory the Vikings would initially set up a puppet king named Ecgberht, before later creating the Kingdom of Jórvík centred on York.
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28–32 Coppergate
28–32 Coppergate is a historic building in the city centre of York, in England.
The rear part of the timber-framed building originated as a five-bay hall house, built in the 15th century. It may be the building recorded as having been built by William Alne, Member of Parliament for York, in about 1420. However, the City of York Council note that, due to its size and unusual layout, it may have been constructed as an inn.
The ground floor of the house was open, probably for use as a shop, while on the first floor the two south-eastern bays formed a single hall, open to the roof, while the third bay had a third storey. The fourth and fifth bays were later demolished, and their form is not known. In front of the hall house, facing on to Coppergate, is a row of three three-storey tenements. These also date from the 15th century, and have shops on the ground floor and accommodation above. Each floor was jettied. The first floor of No. 32 extends out to the line of its second floor; this may be a later change, but the City of York Council argues that it acted as a porch, and would have been in the centre of the facade of the original building.
In the 17th century, a floor was inserted into the hall, to make this part of the building three-storeyed, and fireplaces were also added. The building was further altered in about 1800. Originally, each shop had its own entrance, and there were pointed shop windows, but the current shopfronts date from the 19th century. No. 28 was restored in 1988, and then No. 30 was restored in 1994.
On the first floor are a couple of fragments of 17th-century painted wall plaster. Some decorative plasterwork and fireplaces of this date also survive.
The building was Grade II* listed in 1954, with a note that it was an "apparently rare building type of which few other examples were known nationally", although 41–45 Goodramgate represents a more complete example in the same city. It is currently divided into two shops, one of which is the haberdashery Duttons for Buttons.
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Barclays Bank, York
Barclays Bank is a historic building on Parliament Street, in the city centre of York, in England.
The York Union Bank opened its head office on the site in the 19th century, and by the end of the century wanted larger premises. It commissioned Edmund Kirby to design a new building for the site on the corner of Parliament Street and High Ousegate, which was constructed between 1901 and 1904. In 1902, the York Union became part of Barclays Bank, which maintained the branch, with offices above. Nikolaus Pevsner describes the building as being "very red and Waterhousish", and being "Gothic to early Renaissance" in style. The roof line has been altered, but the building was Grade II listed in 1975.
The two-storey building is constructed of red brick on a granite plinth, and has bands of terracotta and moulded brick, and a slate roof with dormer windows. It has seven bays to Parliament Street and four facing Ousegate. The ground floor has large windows with round heads, while the first floor has its windows divided by pilasters, set diagonally. There are entrances on each front, set off centre, the one to Parliament Street having an oriel window above. There are friezes depicting carp, chrysanthemums, and half sunflowers, while other mouldings show Tudor roses, foliage and lion's faces.