Kings Manor entrance.
King's Manor was originally built to house the abbots of St Mary's Abbey, York. 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 for its Department of Archaeology Centre for Medieval Studies, and Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies.
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Location: York, North Yorkshire, England, UK
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