Editing Bishopthorpe (section)

==Culture and community==
[[File:Bishopthorpe Village Hall (4th November 2016).jpg|thumb|right|Bishopthorpe Village Hall.]]

There are three [[Public house|pub]]s. The Ebor Inn (previously known as the Brown Cow) takes its name from ''[[Eboracum]]'', the Roman name for York. The other two are The Marcia (previously known as The Grey Mare) and The Woodman. There is also the Bishopthorpe Sports and Social Club.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bishopthorpe Sports & Social Club |url= https://bishopthorpeclub.co.uk}}</ref> Between 1949 and 1966, the club hosted the York Model Engineers who installed an open air ride on miniature railway in the grounds.<ref>{{cite web |title=YDSME – A Brief History |url=https://www.yorkmodelengineers.co.uk/history.html |website=York City & District Society of Model Engineers }}</ref>

In 1969, Vernon House, the specially built community centre for Bishopthorpe's elderly people, was officially opened. It provided a place of rest and recreation, and a kitchen and laundry. It was erected at a cost of £7,000 by Tadcaster Rural District Council to complement the area of sheltered accommodation in the village built two years earlier in Maple Avenue and Vernon Close.{{Citation needed|date=October 2010}}

In 1968, Bishopthorpe Library opened. The former library was held in the air raid shelter which was built on the same site in the Second World War. The site was formerly the village green where fairs were held for the annual two-day Trinity Feast in June.{{Citation needed|date=October 2010}}

In 1904, the Reading Room funded by Archbishop Maclagan was built as a place of rest and recreation for local men, but without the sale of alcohol. A trust was set up whereby a committee administered the building.  In 1947 gas fire heaters (replacing the old open coal fires) were installed and in 1949 further works started that saw a proper stage installed and other internal renovations.  It was used by cubs and brownies and other uses included jumble sales and dances, activities that now take place in St Andrew's Hall.{{r|rem|pages=21–22}} The Bishopthorpe Women's Institute was formed in 1919 and used it as their base. It was re-furbished in 1950 and was renamed St Andrew's Hall becoming known as the Village Hall.{{Citation needed|date=October 2010}}

There are 35 plots on the Parish Council run allotments on Acaster Lane<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.york.gov.uk/directory-record/353/acaster-lane-allotments |title=Acaster Lane allotments |website=City of York Council}}</ref> and a further 20 privately run plots at Glebe Farm on Moor Lane.

===Culture===
The first "Bishopthorpe Play" (also known as the Bishopthorpe Pageant) was staged during June 1928 in the grounds of the [[Bishopthorpe Palace]] and involved nearly every villager of Bishopthorpe and [[Acaster Malbis]] in one way or another.  Written Canon F.L. Perkins, the play depicted the history of the 2 villages since AD211 and each performance was watched by hundreds of people.  Additional scenes and music were added for the next production in 1930.  Further productions were held in 1954, 1956, 1965 and 1970.{{r|rem|pages=49–50}}

Bishopthorpe features prominently in the novel "The Lost Luggage Porter" by [[Andrew Martin (novelist)|Andrew Martin]]. In the book the village is known as "Thorpe on Ouse" and is where the main character resides.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Martin |first1=Andrew |author-link=Andrew Martin (novelist) |title=The Lost Luggage Porter |date=2007 |publisher=Faber & Faber |location=London |isbn=9780571219049}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bishopthorpe and the Big City Read 2011 |url=http://www.bishopthorpe.net/bishnet/history/2011/07/21/bishopthorpe-and-the-big-city-read-2011/ |website=bishopthorpe.net |date=21 July 2011}}</ref>

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File:Bishopthorpe Sports and Social Club (4th November 2016).jpg|Bishopthorpe Sports and Social Club
File:The Ebor, Bishopthorpe (4th November 2016) 002.jpg|The Ebor
File:The Marcia, Bishopthorpe (4th November 2016).jpg|The Marcia
File:The Woodman, Bishopthorpe (4th November 2016).jpg|The Woodman
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