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

A Rare Royal Snap
Through the centuries, there have been many royal visits to the Archbishops' Palace in Bishopthorpe. The twentieth century alone has…
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Bishopthorpe's Boer War Soldiers
The rain poured down on 3 August 1905 during the unveiling ceremony of the Yorkshire County Memorial for the Anglo…
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War Time for an Archbishop
When war was declared in September 1939, Dr. William Temple was Archbishop of York.  He and his wife threw themselves…
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