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Front Cover Red cloth with stamped gold. |
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The Minster, North Side York Minster is a pre-Norman church but was extensively rebuilt starting in 1154; the main work was started in 1220. [more...] |
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The Minster and Bootham Bar The word ‘bar’ here means gate, not somewhere you buy a drink. Bootham Bar in the city of York stands on the site of one of four gateways into the Roman legionary fortress, but the gate there today dates from the 11th and 14th [...] [more...] |
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Monk Bar Monk Bar here is a gate (a barrier, if you will) that dates from the 14th century. The portcullis still works. I don’t know if Monk Bar Pharmacy is still there, with a post office and selling horse & cattle medicine! [more...] |
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Stonegate Stonegate Shambles in York is today a pedestrian-only area. In the distance in this photograph is the ever-present York Minster. |
