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Petergate
Petergate is a street in the city centre of York, in England. It is divided into High Petergate and Low Petergate. The well-known view of the Minster from Low Petergate is described by the City of York Council as "excellent". History Petergate generally follows the course of the via principalis of Roman Eboracum, which ran from the Porta Principalis Dextra, now Bootham Bar, to the Porta Principalis Sinistra, in what is now King's Square. The main deviation from the Roman route is around its junction with Grape Lane, and this has been associated with destruction occurring when the Great Heathen Army entered York in 866. Based on archaeological records, the York Civic Trust argues that the street fell out of use immediately after the Roman period, but was re-established while the Roman walls still survived. This may have been as early as 627, when the first York Minster was built. In its early years, the minster had a large cemetery, which extended as far as Petergate, around ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
38 High Petergate
1 Minster Gates and 38 High Petergate is a historic building in the city centre of York, England. The building was constructed in about 1500, at one of the most prestigious locations in the city, the junction of High Petergate and Minster Gates. It was originally a three-storey timber-framed, jettied house, with a fourth storey added in the late 16th century. In the late 18th century, the facades on both streets were rebuilt in brick. In 1801, the house was split into two properties, and the ground floor was converted into retail space, with shop windows added. This work was probably undertaken for John Wolstenholme, who ran a bookshop out of the building, and a statue of Minerva survives at the corner of the building, constructed to advertise his business. Its restoration was funded by York Civic Trust. The building has been Grade II* listed since 1954. 1 Minster Gates is occupied by Shared Earth, an ethical trade shop founded in 1986. It employs prisoners nearing the end of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5 High Petergate
5 High Petergate is a historic building in the city centre of York, in England. The building originated as a three-storey timber-framed building, constructed in about 1600. In about 1700, it was rebuilt in brick, retaining three storeys, and also having attics and a cellar. In the early 19th century, extensions were added at the rear, while in the 20th century, a shopfront was inserted at ground floor level, facing onto Low Petergate. The building was Grade II* listed in 1954. The brick front is limewashed. It is topped by a cornice, with a drainpipe head in the centre, dated 1763. Inside, much early plasterwork survives. The building's main staircase dates from the early 19th century, while its rear staircase is late 18th-century. The front room on the first floor is panelled, and has pilasters of the Ionic order The Ionic order is one of the three canonic classical order, orders of classical architecture, the other two being the Doric order, Doric and the Corinthian order, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2–2A High Petergate
2–2A High Petergate is an historic building in York, England. A Grade II listed building, it stands adjacent to (and partially built into) Bootham Bar at the opposite end of High Petergate from York Minster. It was built around 1840; a shopfront was added the following century. As of 2023, the building, and the adjacent number 4 High Petergate, is occupied by the twelve-bedroom inn The Fat Badger, which opened in May 2022. The inn's bar and some of its guest rooms occupy the ground floor and first floor, respectively, of 2 and 2A. The Fat Badger succeeded another inn, the Lamb & Lion. Composition Per Historic England Historic England (officially the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England) is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. It is tasked with prot ..., the building is constructed of orange-grey brick in Flemish bond on the front of the building and in Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
York
York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss. It has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a York Minster, minster, York Castle, castle and York city walls, city walls, all of which are Listed building, Grade I listed. It is the largest settlement and the administrative centre of the wider City of York district. It is located north-east of Leeds, south of Newcastle upon Tyne and north of London. York's built-up area had a recorded population of 141,685 at the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census. The city was founded under the name of Eboracum in AD 71. It then became the capital of Britannia Inferior, a province of the Roman Empire, and was later the capital of the kingdoms of Deira, Northumbria and Jórvík, Scandinavian York. In the England in the Middle Ages, Middle Ages it became the Province of York, northern England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Precentor's Court
Precentor's Court is a historic street in the English city of York. Although certainly in existence by 1313,''York: The Making of a City 1068–1350'', Sarah Rees Jones (2013), p. 146 the street does not appear on a map until 1610, and it is not given a name (Precentor's Lane) until 1722. It was given its current name exactly a century later. It is a cul-de-sac, running northwest from High Petergate at the western end of York Minster, in front of which the road apexes. A snickelway, known as Little Peculiar Lane, cuts through to the street, at its western end, from High Petergate. The frontages on High Petergate were developed with commercial properties for letting. A new lane, today's Precentor's Court, was developed, dividing these commercial properties from the canons' residences to the rear. Around 1540, the marble and stone bases of two shrines in the Minster were dismantled and buried in what is now Precentor's Court. One was later exhumed during construction work and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stonegate (York)
Stonegate is a street in the city centre of York, in England, one of the streets most visited by tourists. Most of the buildings along the street are Listed buildings in the United Kingdom, listed, meaning they are of national importance due to their architecture or history. History The street roughly follows the line of the ''via praetoria'' of Eboracum, the Roman city, which ran between what are now St Helen's Square and York Minster. The street appears to have lost importance in the Anglian and Jorvik period. York Minster was rebuilt in the 11th century, and stone for it was brought up the road, from a quay behind what is now York Guildhall. This appears to have brought the street back to prominence, and new building plots were laid adjoining the north-eastern part of the street. This part of the street lay in the Liberty (division), Liberty of St Peter's, associated with the Minster, and many of its buildings belonged to the church, the whole area soon becoming built up, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grape Lane
Grape Lane is a street in the city centre of York, in England. History The site of the street lay within the city walls of Roman Eboracum, and Roman goods have been found under the soil. Remains of Mediaeval buildings have also been found. The street was first recorded in 1276, as "venella Sancti Benedicti". By 1329, it was known as " Grapcunt Lane", believed to be in reference to prostitution in the area. St Benedict's Church, on the street, was built in 1154, but had been demolished by 1300. Its site was later given to the Vicars Choral of York Minster, and the site became known as "Benet's Rents". The Grape Lane chapel was constructed in 1781 for the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion The Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion is a small society of evangelical churches, founded in 1783 by Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, as a result of the Evangelical Revival. For many years it was strongly associated with the Calvinist .... It was sold to the Methodist New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King's Square (York)
King's Square is an open area in the city centre of York, England. It is popular with tourists, who are often entertained by buskers and street performers. Nikolaus Pevsner notes that "the square has trees, which distinguishes it". The York's Chocolate Story attraction lies on the western side of the square. History In the Roman period, the south-eastern gate of Eboracum lay on the site of what is now King's Square. This was built in about 108, as recorded on a surviving inscription, now in the Yorkshire Museum. The area was mentioned by Egil Skallagrimsson in the 10th-century as "Konungsgarthr" (later being translated for use in the 18th- and 19th-century deeds as Coninggate), and this has led to a belief that this was the location of the royal palace of the Danelaw, and possibly of its predecessors, the Kingdom of Northumbria and the Kingdom of Deira. By 1430, the west side of the square was occupied by a row of mercer (occupation), mercer's shops, with a building named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minster Gates
Minster Gates is a north–south running street in the city centre of York, England, connecting Minster Yard and High Petergate. All of its buildings are listed, many dating to the 18th century, although the street is significantly older. History The street originated as the northernmost part of Stonegate, running through a gate providing access to the Minster Close, around York Minster. In the late-13th century, St Peter's Prison stood on the street from the 1400s to 1838. The road was pedestrianised by 1370, when posts blocked traffic through the gate. By 1470, the street was known as Bookland Lane, at which time, it was the location of a public drinking fountain. The street later became known as Bookbinders' Alley. This referred to the printing industry which was based in the area, serving in particular the clergy of the Minster. The trade boomed after 1662, when Charles II of England made York one of only four English cities permitted to publish books. By the 1730s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Michael-le-Belfrey
St Michael le Belfrey is an Anglicanism, Anglican church (building), church in York, England. It is situated at the junction of High Petergate and Minster Yard, directly opposite York Minster, in the centre of the city. History The present church building was built between 1525 and 1537 and replaced a church that dated back to at least 1294. The church is famous for being the place where Guy Fawkes was baptised on 16 April 1570. Fawkes later became a Catholic Church, Roman Catholic, which led to his involvement in the failed 1605 Gunpowder Plot. The church was also the scene of the wedding of Christopher Levett of York, the English explorer, to Mercy More, daughter of the Revd Robert More of Guiseley, Yorkshire, in 1608. It is sited near to the place where the Constantine the Great, Emperor Constantine was proclaimed Roman emperor, Roman Emperor in 306 AD. Some 14th-century stained glass was retained from the former church, which is now in the east window. The west front ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Street (York)
Church Street is a street in the city centre of York, in England. History The area now occupied by the street lay just inside the York city walls, city walls of Roman Eboracum, and it roughly follows the line of the ''Intervallum'' street. In 1972, excavations on the street found part of the city's sewers, providing draining from the Roman Bath, York, bathhouses. The street was recorded under the name Girdlergate from the 14th-century, when it was known as a location for the manufacture of girdles. At that time, it was shorter, running only from Swinegate to Petergate. At the south-western end of the street lay the church of St Sampson, Church Street, St Sampson, Girdlergate. In 1835, the street was rebuilt. It was extended south-west, to reach the new St Sampson's Square and was renamed "Church Street". The street was also widened and, other than the church, all the buildings along its length were demolished and replaced over the next couple of years. All are of brick, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
