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York Georgian Society

Founded in 1939 and dedicated to the preservation, study and appreciation of the Georgian heritage of the City of York

Buildings | Casework | Collaborations

Lectures | Events | Awards

People | Places | Publications

Who Are We?

York Georgian Society was founded in 1939 to promote the preservation and care, and to
foster the study and appreciation, of Georgian buildings in and around the City of York. It
is one of the oldest societies in the world devoted to the Georgian era, and the second oldest
such society in Great Britain outside London.


The Society’s remit extends beyond architecture and the crafts associated with building to
include the arts, culture and society of the period from 1660, the year of George I’s birth, to
1837, the year of William IV’s death.

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 Events

  • The history, role, and future of the Georgian Group with David Adshead
    The history, role, and future of the Georgian Group with David Adshead
    Sat, 13 Jan
    York Medical Society
    13 Jan 2024, 14:30
    York Medical Society, 23 Stonegate, York YO1 8AW, UK
    The lecture will explore the history, role and future goals of The Georgian Group, including its objectives to preserve Georgian buildings and landscapes.
  • Mapping the mahogany trade in the 18th and 19th centuries
    Mapping the mahogany trade in the 18th and 19th centuries
    Sat, 10 Feb
    York Medical Society
    10 Feb 2024, 14:30
    York Medical Society, 23 Stonegate, York YO1 8AW, UK
    In this lecture, Dr Adam Bowett charts the growth of the mahogany trade from its small beginnings in the early 18th century to its global peak in the late 19th.
  • YGS post AGM Lunch
    YGS post AGM Lunch
    Sat, 09 Mar
    York
    09 Mar 2024, 12:00 – 14:30
    York, Bartle Garth, St Andrewgate, York YO1 7AL, UK
    We hope you will be able to join us for lunch at 12 noon after the AGM at the Bedern on Saturday March 9th 2024. It gives members the opportunity to meet in a relaxed way over a delicious lunch, before the afternoon talk, at 2 30pm in the York Medical Society Rooms.
  • 'Reflexions on decayed magnificence’: nostalgia in Georgian Britain
    'Reflexions on decayed magnificence’: nostalgia in Georgian Britain
    Sat, 09 Mar
    York Medical Society
    09 Mar 2024, 14:30
    York Medical Society, 23 Stonegate, York YO1 8AW, UK
    Hannah Rose Woods takes us through the ways in which people in Georgian Britain looked back to the past.
  • YORK AND THE GEORGIAN CITY: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
    YORK AND THE GEORGIAN CITY: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
    Sat, 18 May
    York
    18 May 2024, 10:15 – 19:00
    York, Exhibition Square, York YO1 7EP, UK
    The aim of this conference is to re-evaluate the notion of York as a Georgian city. It will examine to what extent York can be described as a ‘Georgian’ city, and whether that label is relevant or meaningful in the present.
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