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Welcome to the website of the Fishergate, Fulford and Heslington Local History Society

We are a group of people interested in the history and heritage of the south eastern quarter of the city of York (generally YO10) including the Fishergate and Fulford Road area and the adjacent villages of Fulford and Heslington. Contact us at [email protected]

This website is a local history mine! Dig in using the headings at the top of the screen to find the 'drop-down' tabs and click on the links to discover further information - Have Fun!

If using a mobile phone, click HERE to reach the same links.

You can become a member (form available HERE) for the very small sum of £5, which gives you reduced entry (£2) to our events.
Non-members are very welcome at our events, but we'll ask £3 on the door. This just about covers our cost of hall hire, but not much more, so we rely on generous donations and grants.

Tea and coffee, biscuits (and often cake!) are usually served after our meetings, so you can chat with the speakers, meet new and old friends, look at our displays and buy our publications.
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Our Next Event:
Wednesday 13 August, 6pm - The Millennium Bridge - how it came to be built and its extremely clever structural design and innovative construction. To read more click HERE
Site visit led by Graham Wilford (a civil engineer who served on the Millennium Bridge Trust)
You can read about the design and construction of the bridge HERE
Meet at 6pm on the East side of the bridge.

A September treat for your diary!
20 September - Patrick Ottaway on 'Julia Velva, a Roman lady from York: her city and its people' (Patrick is York's foremost Roman York specialist)
Can you help at our stall at Fulford Show on 25 August?
Please get in touch HERE
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Look on the Events page to see our programme of meetings and guided walks. We sometimes add events to our programme so keep an eye on this page.

Read about our past events on the Event Reports page HERE
(Links to other Local History Societies are at the bottom of our Events Page)
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Many of our speakers have kindly allowed their presentation to be made available for you to read.
See our Event Reports page and click on the event title.

Some recent FFH talks you can download:
Viking ship carving on Pikeing Well
Life in a Medieval Manor
History of York Steiner School
The Lost Village of Water Fulford
Jane Austen's Fulford connection
The Smith families of Fulford
Remembering the men named on the Heslington WW2 memorial
Fishergate Archaeology
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Our oldest building:
Read about the 12th century church of
St Oswald's HERE
Hear Prof Jane Hawkes talk about the Anglo-Saxon cross HERE

Buy our Publications:
We have published booklets on Heslington Hall Gardens, the Fulford Grange Estate and St Oswald's church
For details click HERE

Download our colourful Newsletters
2020-2023 - HERE
Our first 10 years - HERE
2018/19 - HERE
2017/18 - HERE
2016/17 - HERE

This website is founded on our members research. Read more about the topics we have information about: HERE

Click HERE to read our NEWS page

Use the drop-down tabs on the menu at the top of this page to fully explore our website
(Apologies...we are improving our website so you may notice some oddities!)