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 deep!
Use the headings at the top of the screen to find the 'drop-down' tabs and click on the links to discover further information
Use the Search on the top right of your screen
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You can become a member (download the application form 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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It's time to renew your membership!
Download the membership form HERE 
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Our Next Event: 
21 February -  Bob Hale: The people and history of Fishergate House
This grand mansion is hidden behind high walls on the corner of Blue Bridge Lane.  Now smart apartments, its various owners and occupiers have included a country gentleman, a Lord Mayor's daughter, a dowager Lady, a well-known girls' school and the Army.
10am at St Oswald's Church Hall, Fulford
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Our 2026 Programme
We have a range of topics to suit all interests.  
Download a copy of our 2026 programme - HERE 

You may have heard that the Bayeux Tapestry is coming to the British Museum in the autumn.  With the battles of Fulford and Stamford Bridge, we have a close affinity to the momentous events of 1066 and we are making this a theme for our 2026 programme. 
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Read about our Festival of Ideas Bayeux Tapestry conference and our two autumn 1066 events HERE 
What's new on our website
Re-issue of a Brief History of Fulford by pupils of Fulford School 
​Julia Velva, a Roman Lady from York
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
See our Past Presentations page for many more talks. ​
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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 of our publications click HERE 
Two New Publications:
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Heslington, A Portrait of a Village
First publisher by Alfred Colley in 1992 
Now re-published by FFH - £8
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A History of Fulford
Joan Pickering & Irene Briddon, first published in 1975  ​Now re-published by FFH - £8
Download our colourful Newsletters
Our first 10 years - HERE
2020 - 2023 - HERE 
2018 - 2019 - HERE
2017 - 2018 - HERE 
2016 - 2017 - 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
(Apologies...we are working on our website so you may notice some oddities!)