History

‘Irreplaceable’ historic York lamppost will cost £33K to repair

Castle Howard plans to restore a state room ruined by fire 82 years ago

The lost York church which was once home to a flock… of sheep

Free talks will shed light on the colourful life of one of York’s historic districts

Video tour: York’s restored Guildhall, complete with café, restaurant – and secret staircase

Booze-ups, death and disaster: 12 things you probably didn’t know about Tudor York

New walking route named after the York doctor who helped save countless lives

Watch: First look around Clifford’s Tower after radical £5 million transformation

English Heritage members get early chance to see new-look Clifford’s Tower

Watch: Amazing drone footage shows new railway bridge lowered into place in North Yorkshire

Revealed: Date when Clifford’s Tower will reopen – complete with roof deck

York’s Guildhall reopening delayed again, as costs go up

Repair work needed to safeguard historic York building against climate change

Key milestone for Clifford’s Tower project as it prepares to reopen

New walkway will allow everyone to explore inside 14th century tower on York city walls

York Minster begins £5m project to conserve one of the world’s great stained glass windows

Watch: BBC archive footage sees Alan Whicker baffled by York’s $18 million air base – which had no planes

Watch: York Minster is falling down! How a 1967 BBC news report revealed the tower was in danger of collapse

‘First of a kind’ Roman remains discovered in Scarborough

Two York history groups merge to bring city’s past to a wider audience

Watch: Nostalgia city! Schoolboy takes tour of York in 1976 for BBC children’s show

Remains of Victorian flagpole discovered by archaeologists at Clifford’s Tower

Goodramgate then and now – How many places can you recognise?

You could be the voice of Clifford’s Tower!

One of York’s oddest buildings named among Historic England’s places of the year

Work to put a roof deck on Clifford’s Tower begins next week

Child’s wartime ID bracelet found at a York car boot sale reunited with the owner’s family

York war heroes to be immortalised in stunning stained glass window

Former paratrooper walks 11 miles to lay cross on ‘York’s unluckiest street’

Pictures: Giant pipes arrive at York Minster as its grand organ is rebuilt

Eighty years after the first blitz on York, a major new project ‘relives’ the air raids in real time

James discovers a concrete bomb shelter under his York garden – big enough to house a family of four

Plan to turn York ruins into a hi-tech visitor attraction – where you could walk with Romans

Historic human remains discovered at York’s Guildhall

A school steeped in history

City walls to be lit up in red, white and blue to celebrate VE Day 75

How York pioneered social distancing – 400 years ago

Abandoned and deserted: 20 photographs inside York’s old Rowntree factory

Is this a ghost captured on video in a York pub?

More than 800 people sign petition to save ‘beautiful’ York pub

Beatles for sale! Extraordinary memorabilia from when the fab four played York goes up for auction

No visitor centre, but a new staircase – revised plans for Clifford’s Tower revealed

‘Incredibly rare’ 800-year-old figure of Christ returns to York after nearly two centuries

York Minster sells historic organ pipes to raise refurbishment funds

Your chance to shape the future of York Castle Museum

Help for Heroes looking to launch Viking longboat on Ouse

Spooks for sale! One-of-a-kind Ghost Shop to open on historic York street

Apartments would ‘block an iconic view’ of York – and the National Trust doesn’t like it