Clements Hall Local History Group

11/06/2026

Come along and see us at the Bishyroad Street Party on Sunday 21 June 2026, where we'll be displaying some of our researches about our local area, and telling you about our talks programme.
We'll be featuring Bishy Road, Nunnery Lane and Clementhorpe, South Bank, Bishophill and Skeldergate. There will be copies of our books, so you can complete your set, including our latest, about Micklegate.
We're currently researching Blossom Street, which has a fascinating history, so if you have any old photos and/or memories, please bring them. We'll be in the car park between 11am and 4 pm.

07/05/2026

May is Local History and Community Month so why not come along to our next talk, by local photographer Catherine Sotheran on Friday 22 May 2026 at 7.45pm in Clements Hall. Details at https://www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/our-events/micklegate-and-bishophill-in-close-up/

01/05/2026

York City FC are on our minds just now, so we wrote about one of their players from the 1920s, who had a shop in Bishyroad

Community writer SUSAN MAJOR shares a great story about a former York City footballer George Maskill

27/04/2026

We've written a new blogpost about an intriguing trace from history at the recently refurbished on Bishopthorpe Road. Have you spotted them yet?
https://www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/traces-of-history

20/04/2026

What on earth happened on this street? 👀

15/04/2026

Do you remember the Lamb and Lion pub on Blossom Street, which closed in the 1980s? Our latest blogpost talks about the history of this old pub. We're still keen to collect memories from old customers, which was popular with cinemagoers after the Odeon opened in 1937. So do let us know if you have any more recollections - send them to us at [email protected]
https://www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/remembering-the-lion-and-lamb/

Many thanks to Duncan Greaves we have the order in 1914 for a large number of wartime soldiers and their horses to be accommodated at the pub.

14/04/2026

We've written a feature about Micklegate and our book in the April issue of The Yorkshire Dalesman magazine

05/04/2026

We wrote a feature about the history of the Brewdog building in Micklegate, as it's just been sold. It's in today's online The Press in York, will be in print on Wednesday.

Most recently, it was a watering hole for craft beer lovers - but the former BrewDog bar in Micklegate, York, has a fascinating past. As the…

31/03/2026

Our latest blogpost is about a new book to be launched in June, by first-time author Ben Robinson about life in Clementhorpe during World War I. Details here

18/03/2026

Still a few tickets left.