Welcome to the website of the Fishergate, Fulford and Heslington Local History Society ( FFH for short ).
We are a group of people interested in the history and heritage of the south eastern quarter of the city of York, including the Fishergate and Fulford Road area and the adjacent villages of Fulford and Heslington. 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, but we'll ask for £3 on the door. This just about covers our costs for the hall hire, but not much more, so we rely on donations and grants. Tea and coffee and nice biscuits are usually served after our meetings, so you can chat with new and old friends. ********************************************************************************************************************* Our Next Event: 23 May at 6pm A University Walk to see some of the Sculpture on the Campus - led by Helena Cox, Curator of the University of York Art Collection. Meet at 6.00 in front of the library You can read more about art and sculpture on the campus HERE You can read about the University buildings HERE Numbers are limited, so Pre-Booking is ESSENTIAL. The fee is £3 Email us at: ffhyork.localhistory@gmail.com ************************************************************************************* Look on the Events page to see our programme of meetings and guided walks. Read about our past events on the Events Report page HERE (our Events Page also has links to other local groups you may like) *************************************************************************************** Click to download some of our past talk presentations: A History of Fulford Grange The Fishergate Ring Fishergate Postern Tower The River Ouse Through Time Fishergate School Great War Armistice Commemoration Heslington's Churches and Chapels The Setting and Archaeology of old St Oswald's Church The 1951 Mystery Plays and the Festival of Britain (find out more about the Mystery Plays HERE ) Jane Austen and the York Lefroy Family + Transcript for talk Fulford's Lost Shops Dr McFetridge's talk on The Retreat Scroll down this page to see our latest News and New Content on this website |
New additions to our website
Just click on the name The University of York Heslington Hall Gardens Heslington Hall - a history York 800 exhibition panels by Dick Raines Ordnance Railway, new article A History of the Fulford Grange Estate Celebrating our first decade! 77 Squadron at Elvington Dr McFetridge's talk on The Retreat Siward's How Water Tower History of the Glassworks in Fishergate (with photographs) Understanding York's Street Names A History of the Fishergate Rialto The Ordnance Depot and its narrow gauge railway crossing New Walk Winterscale Street photos Blue Bridge photos Fishergate photos Medieval Fulford Nurseries in Fishergate Local Photographs Heslington's Churches and Chapels ********************************************* Find out about the oldest building in the FFH area: Read about our conference on the 'The Historic Mystery of Old St Oswald's Church' HERE And hear Prof Jane Hawkes talk about the Anglo-Saxon cross HERE Buy your copy: 'The Origins and Significance of Old St Oswald's' by Jon Kenny, Ailsa Mainman & Christopher Rainger. Just £5 via our Contact Us page Or buy it from the Yorkshire Archaeological Journal - HERE |

Guided Walks
We have published some terrific Guided Walk leaflets which you can download and print at home
- Our latest guided walk is around the Fordlands Road area at the southern end of Fulford, pointing out interesting and historical aspects of the buildings and landscape, with a map and photographs to help walkers follow the notes.
Download it HERE.
- Louise Wheatley has also produced an Alphabet Walking Trail for young children.
This delightful and playful quiz follows the route of the Fordlands Road Trail, looking for plants and animals to match each letter of the alphabet. eg. E is for Elderberry...
Download it HERE
- We have also published a walk telling the story of houses along Main Street, Fulford. (pictured left) Illustrated with delicate drawings by Martin Lomas.
Download it HERE
- Our information-packed Fishergate walk begins at the Postern Tower, then past the former cattle market and Fishergate School to Blue Bridge Lane and Brownie Dyke.
Download it HERE
You can also download our information leaflet on the old church of St Oswald, HERE
And our leaflet on the Fulford Biscuit HERE
See our Events Page to find links to other local groups and societies
We have published some terrific Guided Walk leaflets which you can download and print at home
- Our latest guided walk is around the Fordlands Road area at the southern end of Fulford, pointing out interesting and historical aspects of the buildings and landscape, with a map and photographs to help walkers follow the notes.
Download it HERE.
- Louise Wheatley has also produced an Alphabet Walking Trail for young children.
This delightful and playful quiz follows the route of the Fordlands Road Trail, looking for plants and animals to match each letter of the alphabet. eg. E is for Elderberry...
Download it HERE
- We have also published a walk telling the story of houses along Main Street, Fulford. (pictured left) Illustrated with delicate drawings by Martin Lomas.
Download it HERE
- Our information-packed Fishergate walk begins at the Postern Tower, then past the former cattle market and Fishergate School to Blue Bridge Lane and Brownie Dyke.
Download it HERE
You can also download our information leaflet on the old church of St Oswald, HERE
And our leaflet on the Fulford Biscuit HERE
See our Events Page to find links to other local groups and societies
News from around our patch
(contact us if you have a news story or website content we should add) This column has lots of links to newspaper reports and other interesting sources of information. Scroll down and see what you find! March 2023
February 2023
November 2022
March 2020
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Local History Research
Members of our society research a wide range of topics and you can find many of their reports and articles on this website. Please get in touch if you want to join us to discover more about our area, or wish to undertake your own research. We have an ever-increasing archive of maps, photographs and documents, and many folders of information about Fishergate, Fulford and Heslington. Our archives have information on the following topics: Heslington
There are some topics we would like to research but need people to help us find information. Maybe you would like to get involved in the search? Subjects include:
Please let us know if you have an idea for local history research. FFH Publications
As well as the Guided Walks and other leaflets you can download elsewhere from this website, we also have a number of publications for sale via the Contact Us page HERE We researched the lives of all 179 men named on local Great War memorials: St Oswald's Church memorial: £5 each or all 3 volumes for £10 Volume One: Men of Fulford. Volume Two: Men of the Barracks and Alma Terrace Area Volume Three: Men of Fishergate Men of Heslington - £3 Fishergate School - £10 We have Greetings Cards with historic pictures of Fishergate Tower, New and Old St Oswald's and Old Heslington Church: £1.50 each or £4 for all four. (click on the images below to see them) Buildings and People of Fulford:
The Saddle Inn - £10 More booklets to follow Find out about our Area
FulfordA linear village south of the City, with many 18th and 19th century houses and a 12th century former church. The site of the Battle of Fulford is at the south end of the village.
Fishergate & Fulford Road![]() An area of 19th and 20th century housing, from the City Walls, Fishergate Postern Tower and Fishergate Bar, running south down Fulford Road past Imphal Barracks and east to Walmgate Stray
HeslingtonDominated by Heslington Hall and the University of York, the village of Heslington retains the charm and county feel of a small rural farming village.
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