Stonegate Voices is a new exciting project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund within their Your Heritage programme.

As part of the project, York Archaeological Trust have published a book which records the memories of over 70 individuals who lived and worked in the Stonegate area, including Coffee Yard, in the 1900s. The book is the culmination of work by oral historian Van Wilson, who has previously produced two earlier books for the Trust, including Rich in All but Money which recalled the memories of people who lived in Hungate, York. This new publication includes a special foreword by Dame Judi Dench whose parents are remembered by individuals who lived and went to church in the area.

To order a copy of this new publication, please download an order form by clicking on this link here.

 A new podcast, which is a guided tour taking in Coffee Yard, Swinegate, Little Stonegate and Stonegate itself, is also now available. This tour, narrated by TV historian Dan Snow, can be downloaded here, and includes excerpts of interviews undertaken by Van Wilson with people who lived and worked in the area. 

To download the Podcast to your MP3 player or to watch via youtube please click here

In January 2010 a new exhibition was opened at Barley Hall which explores the history of Coffee Yard, and Barley Hall in particular, from the late 1400s to the present day. The exhibition includes records from census returns and other documents which are housed in the city archives, and is the result of the hard work of many of Barley Halls team of volunteers.