A view showing detail of the front entrance of the 'Yorkshire School for the Blind', York, also known as Kings Manor

Date:: 1870 - 1920

Location:: Yorkshire School for the Blind, Exhibition Square, York; Show all locations

Wilberforce School for the Blind, Exhibition Square, York

King's Manor, Exhibition Square, York

Reference:: OP08102

Type:: Photograph (Print)

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Description

The Wilberforce Memorial, a charity, was founded in 1833 following the death of the MP and reformer William Wilberforce. The charity opened the ‘Yorkshire School for the Blind’, also known as the ‘Wilberforce School for the Blind’, soon afterwards, probably in 1835. It was located in King’s Manor (originally the abbot's house of St Mary's Abbey) until the mid 20th century; the ‘Wilberforce Home for the Multiple Handicapped Blind’ opened at Dringthorpe in 1968.

Archival History

Received via the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings 1959.

Content

This is part of the Series: RBO01/46 Early Photographic Print Collection: North Yorkshire; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Manor House, School For The Blind