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The Hospitium. North west of the centre is the walled Museum Gardens, the Hospitum, St Olave's Church and ruins of St Mary's Abbey. North west of the gardens is Bootham.The city's medical facilities are concentrated at Bootham with Bootham Park Hospital and York Hospital.
The following is a list of historic maps of York: c.1610: John Speed's map [1] 1624: Samuel Parsons' map of Dringhouses [2] c1682: Captain James Archer's Plan of the Greate, Antient & Famous Citty of York [3] 1685: Jacob Richards' Survey of the City of York [4] 1694: Benedict Horsley's Iconography or Ground Plot of ye City of Yorke [1]
Download as PDF; Printable version ... Market Street is a road in the city centre of York, in ... 20 Market Street are labelled "poorer examples" by the City of York ...
Walmgate is a street in the city centre of York, in England. During the Medieval period, the street was the site of a seafish and cattle market. Walmgate Bar was involved in the Siege of York in 1644, during the First English Civil War. During the 20th century, many of the older buildings were cleared away and newer structures put up.
The City of York, officially simply "York", [6] is a unitary authority area with city status in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. [7]The district's main settlement is York, and its coverage extends to the town of Haxby and the villages of Earswick, Upper Poppleton, Nether Poppleton, Copmanthorpe, Bishopthorpe, Dunnington, Stockton on the Forest, Rufforth, Askham Bryan and ...
York Minster, a large Gothic cathedral, dominates the city. York's centre is enclosed by the city's medieval walls, which are a popular walk. [217] [218] These defences are the most complete in England. They have the only walls set on high ramparts and they retain all their principal gateways. [219]
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 precinct of York Minster lay immediately north of the street, and until the early 19th-century, was entered through a gateway. Part of this may survive in the rebuilt structure at the entrance to College Street. The original site of the York Dominican Friary may have been on the street, although it moved to Toft Green in 1227.