eaw002152 ENGLAND (1946). The city, York, from the west, 1946

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Title [EAW002152] The city, York, from the west, 1946
Reference EAW002152
Date 1-August-1946
Link
Place name YORK
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 459957, 451936
Longitude / Latitude -1.0860971518217, 53.959835004615
National Grid Reference SE600519

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York County Hygienic Laundry (c1901-1953)

Archdigger
Wednesday 20th of February 2019 10:18:07 AM
Speculated location of WW2 HAA gun battery, designation H2/-.

redmist
Thursday 1st of November 2018 10:16:32 PM
Advertising hoarding on bombsite

Sparky
Thursday 28th of September 2017 06:53:28 AM
WW2 Air Raid Shelter

Sparky
Wednesday 30th of August 2017 05:57:28 PM
WW2 Camouflage Scheme

Sparky
Wednesday 30th of August 2017 05:56:29 PM
Derwent valley railway Murton station

sirdouglas
Tuesday 9th of August 2016 11:30:42 AM
Derwent valley railwa Osbaldwick station

sirdouglas
Tuesday 9th of August 2016 11:30:07 AM
Derwent valley railway Layerthorpe station

sirdouglas
Tuesday 9th of August 2016 11:23:15 AM
Leetham's Mill now Rowntree Wharf a mixed use Office and Residential building

mspaddler
Wednesday 10th of February 2016 09:57:50 AM
This snapshot is today on public display for the first time in 75 years. Station Road and City Walls York, June or July 1939

Class31
Tuesday 16th of September 2014 10:34:35 AM
Klonne Gas-holder built in the 1920s

Tegels
Wednesday 6th of August 2014 04:08:50 PM
York Gas Works

Tegels
Wednesday 6th of August 2014 04:08:10 PM
First York railway station. Became offices and stores with the track work used for stock storage.

John Wass
Tuesday 15th of July 2014 03:28:54 PM

Class31
Wednesday 7th of May 2014 08:44:04 AM

Fantasma
Friday 14th of March 2014 11:28:37 PM

Alan McFaden
Tuesday 21st of January 2014 06:50:16 PM

Alan McFaden
Tuesday 21st of January 2014 06:49:42 PM

Bryan
Saturday 21st of December 2013 07:37:23 PM

Bryan
Saturday 21st of December 2013 07:36:42 PM

Bryan
Saturday 21st of December 2013 07:35:57 PM
St Thomas's Church, Osbaldwick

Jago
Tuesday 15th of October 2013 03:01:11 PM
Burnholme, built 1880s by W G Penty for John Bellerby. Later Burnholme WMC/Burnholme Social Club. Grounds behind the house used as a speedway track 1930-31: http://www.defunctspeedway.co.uk/York%20Speedway.htm - later used for housing, as shown. Half of Burnholme Ave built when this photograph was taken. The building is to be demolished: http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/10602557.Burnholme_Social_Club_building_to_be_demolished/ http://www.yorkstories.co.uk/blog/tag/burnholme/

YorkStories
Sunday 1st of September 2013 12:08:14 PM
Power station chimney, Foss Islands (Morrison's chimney) with camouflage paint from WW2

YorkStories
Saturday 31st of August 2013 12:31:38 PM
I'm sure the info inside Morrisons says this was the chimney of an incinerator plant?

Can anybody confirm the correct use?

mhbrooke
Saturday 20th of December 2014 11:30:47 AM
Understand there was an air-raid shelter or other WW2 structure here, dug into the bank, presumably these are connected with it?

YorkStories
Saturday 31st of August 2013 12:27:25 PM
Salem Chapel, 1839, by J P Pritchett. Demolished. 1960s office block (Hilary House) replaced it. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=126078

YorkStories
Saturday 31st of August 2013 12:22:48 PM
St Martin, Coney St, showing damage from bombing of 29 April 1942

YorkStories
Saturday 31st of August 2013 12:11:35 PM
Guildhall without its roof, after bombing of April 1942

YorkStories
Saturday 31st of August 2013 11:59:17 AM
York to Scarborough railway line

YorkStories
Tuesday 27th of August 2013 05:15:53 PM

John Wass
Wednesday 28th of October 2015 11:36:40 AM
RCAF hostel built during WW2. Demolished in 2011. See http://www.yorkstories.co.uk/war/ww2/ww2_service_hostel_1940s_photos.htm for photos of interior in 1940s

YorkStories
Tuesday 27th of August 2013 05:14:28 PM

User Comment Contributions

An original snapshot of York taken in June or July 1939. "High Petergate & Bootham Bar "

Class31
Wednesday 7th of May 2014 08:58:16 AM
An original snapshot of York taken in June or July 1939. "Bootham Bar "

Class31
Wednesday 7th of May 2014 08:44:24 AM
[EAW002152] The city, York, from the west, 1946

YorkStories
Saturday 31st of August 2013 12:38:29 PM