Coney Street is about to undergo a renaissance as the Coney Street Riverside project transforms York’s premier shopping street. Join York Civic Trust to find out more about the Roman origins of Coney Street and how this history has affected the area over the last 2000 years and impacted on the upcoming development.

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Join a walking tour of some of York’s Snickelways with York Civic Trust’s CEO Andrew Morrison. Explore the lanes, snickets and ginnels of Fossgate, Aldwark and Bedern. Find out more about the history and use of these unique York throughfares.

Meeting point: Outside St Crux’s Church Hall

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Established in 1953, the Borthwick Institute for Archives is one of the UK’s largest archive repositories. Join us as we spend the afternoon exploring its rich and historically significant collections. Think you know the Borthwick? Think again….

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Dick Reid, the Master carver who died two years ago, left an indelible mark on many other of the major buildings in York. Buff Reid has agreed to do a walk around some of these. It will be an opportunity to see the diverse places that benefited from his work and will stand as his legacy to the city.

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Professor Kate Giles is a buildings archaeologist at the University of York, with a background in art history. She is especially interested in communal buildings of the medieval and modern periods and how we can encourage people to visit and care for them.

She has agreed to show York Civic Trust members around the Grade I listed King’s Manor (currently part of the University of York) and tell us about some of the building’s rich history.

The visit will last about 1 hour and we will meet at the King’s Manor main entrance, under the coat of arms.

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You might have spotted the cats prowling York’s roofs, but have you ever noticed how many? Or thought about why they are there? The animals scattered across York’s buildings have a fascinating history. On this family-friendly walking tour, we invite members to bring up to two children (16 and under) to help us find them.

The most prominent animal featured on York’s buildings is the cat, first placed on two buildings by Sir Stephen Aitcheson in 1920. The tradition was continued and popularised by architect Tom Adams, who added a cat to every building he designed in York.

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This event is part of York’s Roman Festival, sponsored by the York Civic Trust. Tickets can now be booked through the Roman Festival, YMT page.

A chance to hear Peter Addyman on a life of archaeological revelations in a conversation led by John Oxley. There is probably no-one in York with the depth of archaeological experience and local knowledge that Peter Addyman has collected since he arrived in the city in 1972.

Peter Addyman is a British archaeologist who was Director of the York Archaeological Trust between 1972 to 2002. After studying archaeology at Cambridge University, Peter taught at Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Southampton. In 1972 he was made the first Director of the York Archaeological Trust, the creation of which he had proposed. In this role, he oversaw significant excavation work in York, and the development of the Jorvik Viking Centre, the Archaeological Resource Centre, and Barley Hall.

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Dr. Dorothy Nott leads a walking tour of some of the blue plaques which have been placed around the city. These are fascinating in their own right but also opens up intriguing ‘back stories”. So easily overlooked, once placed they offer an insight into the layers which make up the history of the city.

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Join architect and historic buildings consultant Keith Knight on a tour of Clifton, originally a small settlement off a Roman road into York. Records show medieval buildings when horse racing started there at the end of the seventeenth century, and it remains the site of fascinating buildings, schools and churches today.

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Come and have an exclusive look at some of the artwork and archival documents from the University of York art collection! With over 900 artworks all over campus, the university overflows with art and there are many new displays and exhibitions popping up across various departments. In this session, university art curator Helena Cox will talk about a selection of paintings, etchings and ceramics from the collection as well as the rich history and hopeful future of art on campus. The session will conclude with a close viewing of Barbara Hepworth’s sculpture Antiphon, one of the star items of the collection. This will be a rare opportunity to have a closer look at artworks which are normally not on display and to see some fascinating documents relating to the art collection.

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