Fulford, North Yorkshire

St Oswald's Hall, the former church, was built about 1150, on a site near the Ouse, west of the current village centre. A new St Oswald's Church was built, on a different site, in 1866, and the old church also survives.{{cite book |title=A History of the County of York East Riding |volume=3 |date=1976 |publisher=Victoria County History |location=London |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/east/vol3/pp29-36 |access-date=25 August 2021}}

Cavalry barracks were established in Fulford as early as 1795 but these have now been largely demolished.{{cite web|url=http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/15_Brigade_Imphal_Barracks_A_History.pdf|title=A History of Imphal Barracks|publisher=Ministry of Defence|access-date=29 March 2014}} The infantry barracks, now known as Imphal Barracks were built between 1877 and 1880.

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Fulford Cross, a 15th-century Grade II listed boundary cross stands opposite the barracks, beyond the present parish boundary.{{National Heritage List for England|num=1257807 |desc=Fulford Cross, Fulford Road|accessdate=25 April 2012}} The cross has been removed, but an octagonal shaft on a three-stepped pedestal remains.

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In 1823 Fulford, known as "Fulford Gate", was a village in the parish of Fulford Ambo in the East Riding of Yorkshire and the Wapentake of Ouse and Derwent. Population at the time was 182, with occupations including two farmers, two blacksmiths, two wheelwrights, two shoemakers, a butcher, a tailor, a shopkeeper, a coal dealer, a corn miller, and the landlords of The Light Horseman, The Saddle, The Board, The Plough, and The Bay Horse public houses. Also within the village was a druggist, a manufacturing chemist, a schoolmaster, nine gentlemen, three gentlewomen, two bankers and seven yeomen. A school existed for 20 boys and girls. Within the parish of Fulford Ambo, and {{convert|1|mi|km|1}} to the south of Fulford Gate, was the settlement of Fulford Water, with a population of 35 which included three farmers, and a gentleman at the Hall.Baines, Edward (1823): History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York, pp. 208–209

The ancient parish of Fulford consisted of two townships, Gate Fulford (also known as Over Fulford) in the north and Water Fulford (also known as Nether Fulford) to the south. From the two townships the parish took the name of Fulfords Ambo in the 19th century. The two townships became separate civil parishes in 1866. In 1900 the civil parish of Gate Fulford was abolished and absorbed into the city of York.{{cite vob|name=Gate Fulford| https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10426182 | accessdate=26 December 2021}} The civil parish of Water Fulford was renamed Fulford in 1935.{{cite web|title=Fulford|series=Victoria County History. A History of the County of York East Riding: Volume 3|editor-first=K. J.|editor-last= Allison|date=1976|pages=29–36|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/east/vol3/pp29-36|accessdate= 26 December 2021}}

In 1974 Fulford was transferred from the East Riding of Yorkshire to Selby District in the new county of North Yorkshire. In 1996 the parish was transferred to the City of York unitary authority.{{cite web|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/610/article/3/made|title=The North Yorkshire (District of York) (Structural and Boundary Changes) Order 1995|accessdate=26 December 2021}}

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According to the 2001 Census the parish had a population of 2,595.{{NOMIS2001|id=00FF011|title=Fulford Parish|accessdate=1 May 2020}} The modern village incorporates the old settlements of Water Fulford to the south and Gate Fulford on the road to York. The current civil parish is co-terminous with the unitary authority ward boundary. The parish is much reduced in size, having once extended north up the A19 past Fulford Barracks as far as Heslington Road and including York Cemetery. Between Fulford and the university is Walmgate Stray. Low-lying land near the River Ouse is prone to flooding.{{cite news |title=New homes would increase flood 'strain' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-35252093 |access-date=1 May 2020 |work=BBC News |date=7 January 2016}}

The parish council maintains a website with local information which includes a directory of organisations and shops, a list of links and contact details for services, a guide to local issues and a record of parish council minutes.[http://www.fulfordpc.org.uk/ Fulford Parish Council York]; Fulfordpc.org.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2012

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Schools in the area include St. Oswald's Primary School and Fulford School, a Mathematics and Computing College.

Fulford main street is the A19. Near the intersection stands the York Designer Outlet shopping mall. A pedestrian Millennium Bridge with a cycle path was opened in 2001, linking Fulford to the South Bank area of York on the other side of the river.{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/15116063.Archive__The_opening_of_Millennium_Bridge_in_York/|title=Archive: The opening of Millennium Bridge in York|work=York Press|date=24 February 2017|access-date=26 May 2017}} Several bus services operate between York and Fulford.

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Fulford Golf Club, which celebrated its centenary in 2006, was home to the Benson and Hedges International Open between 1971 and 1989. During the 1981 tournament, Bernard Langer climbed {{convert|20|ft|m|1}} up an ash tree by the 17th green to play his third shot.{{cite web |title=Fulford Golf Club |url=https://www.todaysgolfer.co.uk/courses-and-2-fore-1/united-kingdom/england/north/north-yorkshire/fulford/ |website=todaysgolfer.co.uk |date=13 August 2019 |access-date=1 May 2020 }}{{cite news |title=Red carpet treatment for Fulford B&H champs |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/7908144.red-carpet-treatment-for-fulford-bh-champs/ |access-date=1 May 2020 |work=York Press |date=8 May 2003 }} York City F.C. were once based in Fulford, at their Fulfordgate stadium, before moving to the current Bootham Crescent stadium in 1932. The area is now occupied by Eastward Avenue and lies close to Fulford School.

A {{convert|6.4|mi|km|1}} long scale model of the Solar System starts across the Ouse, west of Fulford, and runs via Naburn to Riccall along a disused railway line from York to Selby, now a Sustrans cycle path and part of the White Rose cycle route.[http://www.solar.york.ac.uk/ "Cycle the Solar System"]; Solar.york.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2012

Besides having the Minster Way and the Wilberforce Way,{{cite map|title =York |map =290 |year =2015 |scale =1:25,000 |series =Explorer |publisher =Ordnance Survey |isbn =9780319244876 }} the route of The White Rose Way, a long-distance walk from Leeds to Scarborough also passes through Fulford.{{cite web |title=White Rose Way |url=https://www.ldwa.org.uk/ldp/members/show_path.php?path_name=White+Rose+Way |website=www.ldwa.org.uk |access-date=1 May 2020}}

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• Steve McClaren – former England football manager, was born in Fulford.{{cite web|url=http://www.thefa.com/NR/exeres/61677A56-3C5E-4A86-AAD5-8295515B4006.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20080521135704/http://www.thefa.com/NR/exeres/61677A56-3C5E-4A86-AAD5-8295515B4006.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-05-21|title=Steve McClaren profile|work=The Football Association}}

File:The Fulford Arms - geograph.org.uk - 1154843.jpg|The Fulford Arms

File:Fulford 008.jpg|The Bay Horse

File:Fulford 009.jpg|Pavilion Hotel

File:Fulford Methodist Church - geograph.org.uk - 974203.jpg|Fulford Methodist Church

File:York Millennium Bridge.jpg|Millennium Bridge

File:TTTV York.jpg|Imphal Barracks

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