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Coffee Yard off
Stonegate
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The entrance to
Coffee Yard off
Stonegate: the small red
figure of the Devil
perched on the wall is a
printer’s imp which
signified that Coffee
Yard was the home of
York’s fledgling
newspaper industry back
in the early 18th C
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Barley Hall on Coffee
Yard which runs between
Stonegate & Grape Lane
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Inside the Barley Hall during Viking Week
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Inside the Barley Hall
during Viking Week
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A wall plaque outside the
Treasurers House
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Grays Court, Chapter
House Street
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Rear view of Walmgate
Bar - the half timbered
projection was added in
around 1584-86.
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Red Tower - This tower
marks the termination of
the city wall, and at one
time marked the
commencement of an
impassable swamp, which
extended to Layerthorpe
Postern, the position of
which was near the
existing
Layerthorpe Bridge.
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The Red tower suffered
severely in the seige of
1644 and has undergone
many restorations since
that period rendered
necessary by the nature
of the ground on which
the foundations are laid
Formerly the house was
known as Brimstone
House after a
manufactory carried on
within its walls.
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Monk Bar, which dates
from the early 14th C
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Monk Bar, which dates
from the early 14th C
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The building on the left
hand side is the Minster
Library, Dean's Park
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The Minster Library,
Dean's Park
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"On the night of Friday 16
March 1190 some 150 Jews and Jewesses of
York having sought
protection in the Royal
Castle on this site from
a mob incited by Richard
Malebisse and others
chose to die at each
other's hands rather than
renounce their faith."
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York Fire Station,
Clifford Street
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The former National Westminster Bank,
Coney Street
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St. Martin's Church,
Coney Street, 15th C
church largely destroyed
by fire in an air raid
during 1942. The
distinctive clock was
erected in its present
position in 1668, it was
renovated in 1754 and
in 1778 the little admiral
and his sextant were
placed on the top.
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Looking up Davygate
towards Blake Street
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An Easter egg display in
the window of Betty's
Tea Rooms
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The entrance to
Newgate Market
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The Merchant Adventurers House, Piccadilly: medieval
guildhall situated on the banks of the River Foss
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Fossgate entrance to the Merchant
Adventurers Hall
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Fossgate: Coat of Arms over the doorway into
The Merchant Adventurers Hall.
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Last updated:
Saturday, 24 September 2005 15:18
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