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Developers Oakgate (Monks Cross) Ltd submitted a planning application for a community stadium, for use by York City and York City Knights, and a retail park in September 2011. [19] The council granted planning permission for the development in May 2012, with the stadium expected to be ready during the 2014–15 season. [20]
Their sites have been redeveloped with modern housing from the 1970s onwards, as part of an effort to encourage more people to live in the city centre. York City Council now describe the street as "a pleasant place to live and surprisingly quiet during the day considering it is so close to the bustling city centre". [3]
In 1977, the restaurant became Plunketts, which operated until 2015. That year, the Leeds Brewery converted it into the Eagle & Child pub, the name taken from a pub which operated on The Shambles from the 1700s until 1925. [4] [5] In 2017, it was taken over by Camerons Brewery, who refurbished the pub. [6] The building has been grade II* listed ...
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. [1] Nikolaus Pevsner notes that "the square has trees, which distinguishes it". [2] The York's Chocolate Story attraction lies on the western side of the square. [3]
The south-western side of the square is occupied by the Mansion House and there is also access to the York Guildhall, which can be seen through a gateway. On the north-western side Harkers was constructed for the Yorkshire Insurance Company , and the York County Savings Bank Building was also built in the mid-19th century for a local institution.
Coppergate is a street in the city centre of York, in England. The street runs north-east from the junction of Castlegate, Nessgate, King Street and Clifford Street, to end at the junction of Pavement, Piccadilly, Parliament Street, and High Ousegate. [1]
Bootham is the main route out of York city centre to the north-west, and it forms part of the A19 road. [5] [6] It continues the line of High Petergate, the via principalis of Roman Eboracum, from Bootham Bar in the York city walls. It follows the main Roman road from York to Catterick. [7]
The name of the street comes from the Old Norse word for "cow house", and the street itself was first recorded in 1256. [1] [2] William Etty was born at the now-demolished 20 Feasegate in 1787. [3] None of the current buildings on the street date to earlier than the 18th century. [1] The street forms part of the city's central shopping area.