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"Shambles" is an obsolete term for an open-air slaughterhouse and meat market.Streets of that name were so called from having been the sites on which butchers killed and dressed animals for consumption (One source suggests that the term derives from "Shammel", an Anglo-Saxon word for shelves that stores used to display their wares, [2] while another indicates that by AD 971 "shamble" meant a ...
The Ordnance Survey had always endeavoured to mark visible antiquities on its maps, and in 1920 had appointed its first archaeology officer: the role had subsequently developed into a department of specialists maintaining a national record of archaeological sites. In 1983 the responsibilities of the Archaeology Division were transferred to the ...
The site of the street lays outside Roman York's walls and was a glass-making district. [2] It was abandoned after the Roman period and re-occupied during the 9th-century, Viking York. During the 11th-century, housing existed on the street, found through archaeological finding. [3] [1]
The York City walls have many intact posterns along their length, as well as records of others that have been demolished due to the expansion of the city. Castlegate Postern. The site of Castlegate postern is currently located under the pedestrian crossing on the B1227, Tower Street, in front of Clifford's Tower. The postern was demolished ...
After the war, York slowly regained its former pre-eminence in the North, and, by 1660, was the third-largest city in England after London and Norwich. In 1686 the Bar Convent was founded, in secret due to anti-catholic Laws, making it the oldest surviving convent in England. York elected two members to the Unreformed House of Commons.
Archaeological investigations have found evidence of prehistoric occupation, before the construction of Roman Eboracum. By the 1st century, a major Roman road ran south from the city, through what is now Fishergate Bar and along the line of Fawcett Street before joining the line of modern Fishergate. Cemeteries also existed in the area.
Little Shambles is a short historic street in the city centre of the city of York, England. The street dates back to medieval times and forms a small branch off street from the main street of The Shambles. The street was largely demolished in the 1950s and what remains now opens out onto a large, open space with market stalls known as Shambles ...
The entire length of the street, seen from the eastern side No. 1½ Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate is a street in York , England, known for its short length and unusual name. [ 1 ] A continuation of Colliergate , it runs south to meet Pavement , Fossgate , and the Stonebow, a distance of perhaps 80 feet (24 m), and is adjoined by St ...