King's Manor
The King's Manor is a Grade I listed building in York, England,
and is part of the University of York.
King's Manor was originally built to house the abbots of St
Mary's Abbey, York. The Abbot's house probably occupied the site since
the eleventh century, but the earliest remains date from the fifteenth
century. When the abbey was dissolved in 1539, Henry VIII instructed
that it be the seat of the Council of the North. It performed this
role until the Council was abolished in 1641. Following the Civil War,
the building was hired out to private tenants until the nineteenth
century, when it was taken over and expanded by the Yorkshire School
for the Blind. On the departure of the Blind School in 1958, the Manor
was acquired by York City Council, who leased it to the University in
1963. The University later moved to the Heslington Campus, but still
maintains King's Manor for its Department of Archaeology
Photo 407, May 2011