Explore York Archive

You can drop in and visit the York Family History Society are here at Explore York Libraries and Archives today.

Always wanted to discover your family history but didn’t know where to start?
Having challenges with your research and need further advice?
Want to share your discoveries and meet others interested in family history?

Every Monday at York Explore you can come along to the Family History Room where you will be able to receive free expert advice from members of the York Family History Society. Sessions are drop in – no need to book!

Every Monday 10am to 4pm in the Family History Room, first floor York Explore Library and Archive

These children are standing by a horse and cart in Garden Place in Hungate, Leetham's flour mill can be seen in the background(c.1895).

🚨A reminder that we are hiring🚨

We are recruiting for 2x Archivist posts:

Archivist (Access and Engagement) - fixed-term until March 2028.

Project Archivist (Setting the Record Straight) - fixed-term, 12 months.

Find out more about the roles and apply on our website via the link in the comments below

We are live at Poppleton Library with a selection of Upper Poppleton Manor Court records.

Come down to see our archive records and chat with an archivist about the collections we hold and how we care for them.

We are looking forward to this tomorrow!

Come along to Poppleton Library to see these wonderful records about Poppleton and chat to our firendly archives team.

Opening hours today - bank holiday Monday 25 May

☕Rowntree Park cafe open as normal.
📚Libraries, archives and other cafes closed.
⚽Community Stadium library open for self-service borrow and return.
Tuesday 26 May: All sites open as normal.

Opening hours for tomorrow's Bank Holiday Monday 25 May

☕Rowntree Park cafe open as normal.
📚Libraries, archives and other cafes closed.
⚽Community Stadium library open for self-service borrow and return.
Tuesday 26 May: All sites open as normal.

A reminder that we will be on the road again to celebrate local and community history month, this time at Poppleton Library with manorial court records from the 18th C.

Pop along to Poppleton if you are interested in local history or to find out more about York’s historic archive collections, how to access them and how we are preserving them for generations to come. 📜🔍

Aerial view, from near St George's Field, c.1910.

The image shows the prison complex with the castle walls still complete. The castle wall was built in 1822 and demolished in 1935. The public baths in St George's Field (to the bottom right) were built in 1880-81 and demolished in 1972.