Welcome to our website!

This is where you will find many aspects of Bishopthorpe history.  Articles written by our members cover wide ranging topics such as Guy Fawkes's association with the village, black history or the Allotments.  You can find these in the 'Articles' section of the site.

More about the Group can be found on the About the Group page.

We will be sharing some of the photographs from our extensive archive that we have collected over the past few years. 

We also enjoy hearing from you.  If you have photographs or information about the village - please get in touch here.

Recent Entries

Just before the deluge!
Group members Gweneth Marshall, Linda Haywood, Helen Fountain and Feda Smith were all smiles until the rain set in at…
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Viewing Bishopthorpe History at the Gala
It's Gala time at the Palace again and, fortunately, the weather forecast is looking fair.  The members of Bishopthorpe Local…
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The Pinfold - A Moveable Beast!
The modern 'pinfold' was built on the site of an earlier structure which was demolished in1968.  But before this,…
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