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The Friends of York Walls website "York' City Walls Trail" – by The Friends of York Walls; A new audio guide using the Guide.AI app – "Introducing – "York’s City Walls Audio Trail"" – Friends of York Walls CIO. "York Walls Walk - Walking Tour of York City Walls", york-united-kingdom.co.uk "Theme: The York City Walls" on the History of ...
The City Walls Experience at Micklegate Bar is located in the southern gatehouse of the historical city walls of York, England.It is operated by the Jorvik Group (part of York Archaeological Trust) and uses maps, display screens and video presentations to tell the story of the fortifications surrounding the city.
The Anglian Tower is the lower portion of an early medieval tower on the city walls of York in the English county of North Yorkshire.It is located on the south-west (interior) face of the city walls, currently in the grounds of York City Library and accessible on foot both from there and the Museum Gardens.
The Richard III Experience at Monk Bar (formerly known as the Richard III Museum) was located in Monk Bar, the tallest of the four gatehouses in the historical city walls of York, England. It described the life of Richard III, the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty.
The street runs inside the York city walls, and its name is presumed to refer to the walls of Roman Eboracum, which followed a similar line. The street was first recorded in the 1180s. The 10th-century church of St Helen-on-the-Walls was constructed just off the street, on what became known as St Helen's Lane, but this was demolished in the ...
Location of York Castle (8) and the major features of York city walls (1: Bootham Bar, 2: Monk Bar, 3: Walmgate Bar, 4: Micklegate Bar, 5: Fishergate Bar, 6: Victoria Bar, 7: Multiangular Tower). York was a Viking capital in the 10th century, and continued as an important northern city in the 11th century. [ 6 ]
Its starting point was the Porta Principalis Sinistra of the Roman walls, now Monk Bar on the current York city walls. The name "Monkgate" was first recorded in about 1075, named for monks attached to York Minster.
The Davy Tower is a feature of the York city walls in England. The stone tower was built around 1250, probably at the end of a wall or earthwork leading to Castlegate, around the moat of York Castle. It was first recorded in 1315, and by 1424 the part of the city inside the walls was occupied by the York Franciscan Friary.