Records and year books in spotlight at York Catholic History Day
York Catholic History Day will take place at the Bar Convent, York, on Saturday June 1.This year, York University PhD student Laura Atkinson will take us back before the Reformation to explore ‘Record keeping and the Care of Souls in Late 13th-century York’ a paper...
Behind the Scenes of the turmoil, suspicion, persecution and tragedy
Bar Convent York will be inviting the public to find the answers to some clues and discover the secrets that helped to save the Catholics from being caught by their persecutors. Secrets such as objects concealed in everyday household items, priests hiding holes, which...
Display reveals new research on Pearl of York
A new display invites visitors to discover new research on St Margaret Clitherow and the mystery behind how the Bar Convent became custodians of her relic. Using unseen documents from the Bar Convent’s archives, students from York St John University have been...
Follow In the footsteps of education pioneer Mary Ward
The Bar Convent in York is inviting families to discover the story of the trailblazer Yorkshire woman, Mary Ward during the half-term break.It was Mary Ward’s mission to educate girls, and it is thanks to her that her followers established the first school for girls...
