21^st March 2018

THE ARCHITECTURE AND SOCIAL LIFE OF YORK HOUSE, MALTON

As this By Dr Adrian Green

University of Durham

 The Strickland family occupied York House from 1684 to 1735. The appearance of the house today dates from this time. Sir William Strickland married Elizabeth Palmes, an heiress of the wealthy Eures of Malton, in 1684. Sir William and Lady Elizabeth spent a good deal of time at York House, pursuing their passion for flat-racing at Malton races, using York House as a base for socialising among the county gentry, all the while pursuing Sir William’s political interest as MP for Malton. Their son, another Sir William, was also MP for Malton, and married Catherine Sambrooke from the Home Counties. Sir William remodelled York House after his father’s death in 1724 – adding the giant Palladian arch to the garden façade. Sir William also remodelled Boynton Hall, but the couple spent most of their time in a house on Grosvenor Square in London and in the Home Counties. Laetitia lived as a widow in London from 1735, and York House and the adjacent Strickland Hunting Lodge (now the Talbot Hotel), fell into different hands. This lecture looks at York House’s architecture, and the social life of the Stricklands, their family, friends and servants in Malton.

Venue – The Library, Malton School, Middlecave Road, Malton

Time:   7.30

Every month I hold a public accountability meeting with North Yorkshire Police to scrutinise their performance and give the public the chance to understand more about the work of their police force.

Each of these meetings is webcast live and I invite people to get involved by asking questions that are important to them so they can hear directly back from senior police officers, including the Chief Constable.

The next meeting is on Tuesday 27 February and will focus on how the police are meeting local policing priorities.

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Julia Mulligan

Police and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire

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May Day 2017 (photo Colin Douthwaite)

Calling all Slingsby residents – we are looking for helpers for Mayday, May 7^th 2018 – an hour of your time would be fantastic and then you will be free to wander round all that will be going on, on the green, in the village hall and all around the village.

Time spent selling raffle tickets on the day, time spent helping in the village hall with performers’ teas, time spent helping on the food stall; or even on the children’s activity stand would be greatly appreciated and valued. Please ring Pat on 01653 628620

An exciting, busy year is planned – for more information click-here