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Rowntree A-Z

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- Adult School Movement
- After Eight
- Alcohol, Rowntree and
- Allotments Movement
- Antoinette (Tonie) Rowntree
- Arnold Stephenson Rowntree (1872-1951)
- Arthur Rowntree
B
- Barmoor
- Beatrice Webb and Seebohm Rowntree
- Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree 1871-1954
- Beverley House, Shipton Road
- Black Horse Passage
- Black Magic
- Boer War, York and
- Bootham School
- Brand, the importance of
- Bruno Lasker
C
- Cadbury/Fry, Rowntree and
- Charles Booth (1840-1916)
- Chartist Movement in York
- Claude Gaget
- Cliff Villa
- Clifton Estate
- Clifton Lodge and Rawcliffe Holt
- Cober Hill, Scarborough
- Cocoa Works Brass Band
- Cocoa Works Magazine
- Company Management
- Confectionery industry in York, history of
- Conscientious objectors, York and
D
- Dunollie Rest House, Scarborough
E
- Economy in the mid 1800s, York’s
- Elect Cocoa, Rowntree’s
- Electric Cinema, Fossgate
- Europe, Rowntrees and
F
- Fabian Society in York
- Family tree
- First World War, Rowntrees and workers
- First World War, York and
- Fossgate
- Francis (Frank) Henry Rowntree (1868-1918)
- Fred Rowntree (1860-1927)
- Friedensthal, Germany
- Friends Provident Institution
- Friends’ Ambulance Unit
- Friends’ Meeting House, Friargate, York
- Fruit Pastilles and Gums
- Fry
G
- Garden House, The (Clifton)
- George Cadbury
- George Fox
- George Harris
- George Hudson
- Germany, Rowntrees and
H
- Hannah Rowntree
- Haverford (later called Haverford Youth Hotel, now YHA York)
- Haxby Road Factory
- Henry Isaac Rowntree (1838-1883)
- Homestead Park
- Homestead, Residence, today main office of Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Howard Doncaster Rowntree
- Hungate
I
- International connections, of the Rowntree company and family
- Ireland, the Great Famine
- Irish immigration in York
J
- Jean Rowntree
- John Bowes Morrell
- John Bright
- John Ford
- John Stephenson Rowntree (1834-1907)
- John Wilhelm Rowntree
- John Woolman
- Joseph Rowntree (1836-1925)
- Joseph Rowntree (Senior) (1801-1859)
- Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust
- Joseph Rowntree Memorial Library
- Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust
- Joseph Rowntree Social Service Trust Ltd
- Joseph Rowntree Theatre
- Joseph Rowntree trusts – which is which?
- Joseph Rowntree Village Trust
- Joseph Rowntree’s 1904 Memorandum
- Joseph Stephenson Rowntree (1875-1951)
- Joseph Terry
- Joshua Rowntree
- Julia Seebohm Rowntree
K
- Kenneth Rowntree
- KitKat
L
- Lady Peckett’s Yard
- Lawrence Rowntree
- Leetham’s Flour Mill
- Leisure pursuits
- Library, Museum Street (today York Explore)
- Lloyd George, David, and Seebohm Rowntree
M
- Mary Tuke
- Memorandum, Founder’s
- Michael Rowntree (1919 – 2007)
- Mount School, The
- Mr York of York, animated advert
N
- Nestlé, York
- New Earswick
- New Earswick Primary School
O
- Oscar Rowntree (1879-1947)
- Ouse Lea, Shipton Road
P
- Pavement, 28, Rowntree grocery business
- Peter Rowntree
- Philanthropy, Joseph Rowntree and
- Philip Rowntree (1908-77)
- Politics in York
- Poverty in York
- Poverty Line
- Public Health in York
- Pubs in York in the 19th century
Q
- Quaker Burial Ground, Cromwell Road, Bishophill
- Quakerism (The Society of Friends) in York
- Quakers in the 18th–19th century
- Quakers, the Rowntrees’ relation towards the national Society of Friends
R
- Richard Rowntree (1921-1997)
- Rowntree Company Chairmen after Joseph Rowntree
- Rowntree Mackintosh Ltd.
- Rowntree Park
- Rowntree Society, The
- Rowntree Wharf
- Rowntree’s Private Railway
S
- Samuel Tuke
- Sarah (née Stephenson) Rowntree
- Scarborough, the Rowntrees of
- Seebohm – origins of the name
- Seebohm Rowntree
- Smarties
- Society of Friends
- Soup Kitchen
- Statistics, Rowntrees’ use of
T
- Tanner’s Moat
- Temperance Movement
- The Retreat
- Theodore Hotham Rowntree
- Thomas Craven
- Top (Penn) House
- Trebitsch-Lincoln, and the Rowntree connection
- Tuke family
U
- University of York
- USA, Rowntrees and
W
- William Stickney Rowntree
- William Tuke
- Winston Churchill, on Seebohm Rowntree’s work
- Women, at Rowntrees
- World War 1, Rowntrees and
- World War 2, Rowntrees and
Y
- Yearsley Swimming Baths

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@ChocolateLoveTO @jrf_uk @jrct_uk @JRRT1904 Thank you. We recognise this too. It has always been clear that the company operated during the period of colonialism, but this can also feel like new info. Catherine Hall's descriptions of 'knowing and not knowing' & 'turning a blind eye' feel helpful in capturing this duality.

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