•  Mary Gate, Yorkshire

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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Mary Gate like this:

OLAVE (St.)-MARY-GATE, a township and a parish in the district of York and N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the North eastern railway, adjacent to the N W side of York city. Pop. in 1851, 677; in 1861, 966. Houses, 171. The Wilberforce school for the blind is here; and, at the census of 1861, had 71 inmates. ...

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The parish contains also the townships of Clifton and Rawcliffe, and part of the township of Heworth; and its post town is York. Acres, exclusive of the part of Heworth, 2, 120. Real property, exclusive of the part of Heworth, £9,081. Pop. of the whole, in 1851, 3, 124; in 1861, 3, 917. Houses, 628. The York workhouse and the N and E Riding pauper lunatic asylum are in Clifton; and, at the census of 1861, had respectively 206 and 540 inmates. The living is a p. curacy, united with the p. curacy of St. Giles, in the diocese of York. Value, £210.* Patron, Countess Cowper. The churchstands on the site of the monastery of Earl Siward, who died in 1055; was rebuilt in 1705, out of the ruins of St. Mary's abbey; and is not a building of much interest. The churchyard contains the grave of the artist Etty. Asection of the parish, containing a pop. of 1,064, in 1861, is included in the chapelry of St. Thomas, constituted in 1855. See York.

The location is that of the street called Marygate within the city of York.

Mary Gate through time

Mary Gate is now part of York district. Click here for graphs and data of how York has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Mary Gate itself, go to Units and Statistics.

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