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Which is a shame. Because Nunnery Lane is a street with an interesting history all its own. It’s a history that should be better known. Enter the award-winning Clements Hall Local History Group to do something about it. The group has already produced hugely popular books about the old shops in Bishy Road and South Bank. And now they’ve turned their attention to Nunnery Lane. The shops on Nunnery Lane, then known as New York Street, emerged as early as the 1840s, says group member Susan Major, who will be highlighting new research about Nunnery Lane in a Zoom talk on January 29. Those early Victorian shops concentrated on selling basic commodities to York’s working class. They included grocers, greengrocers and butchers.