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'Known almost the world over’ as ‘Backhouse’s’
Talk
Professor Emerita Gillian Parker
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Event date
Wednesday 1 May 2024, 7pm to 9pm
Location
In-person only
Room BS/005, Bowland Auditorium, Berrick Saul Building, Campus West, University of York (Map)
Room BS/005, Bowland Auditorium, Berrick Saul Building, Campus West, University of York (Map)
Audience
Open to alumni, staff, students, the public
Admission
Free admission, booking required
Event details
The Sheldon Memorial Lecture - Spring 2024
In 1889, the report of a trip made by Manchester horticulturalists to the Backhouse Nursery in York implied that it was hardly less celebrated than Bolton Abbey and that its international reputation was assured. This lecture will outline the history of the nursery from 1815 to the 1920s and explore what led to its being ‘known almost the world over’, while it is now hardly known at all outside York. The Backhouses were an important Quaker family, various members of which were associated with the nursery. Discovering its history will help to relate the contributions of these men and women to horticulture, and to the wider economic and social life of York and beyond.