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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. [213] [214] These defences are the most complete in England. They have the only walls set on high ramparts and they retain all their principal gateways. [215]
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 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 ...
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]
In 1962, the York Crematorium opened near Middlethorpe. [ 5 ] The City of York Council characterises the northern section of the street as having a "vibrant, commercial feel hosting independent retailers and cafes", [ 1 ] while in 2017 the Yorkshire Post described it as "stacked with great cafes, bars, and shops... arguably one of the best ...
Aerial view of Davygate, from St Sampson' Square. The street runs south-east from St Helen's Square to St Sampson's Square.Before 1745, it started slightly further north-west, at a junction with Coney Street and Stonegate.
Harkers is a pub in the city centre of York, in England. The building was designed by George Townsend Andrews as the headquarters of the Yorkshire Insurance Company. [1] It was completed in 1847, and lies on St Helen's Square, at its corner with Lendal. It was Grade II listed in 1968. [2] In the 1990s, it was converted into a pub. [3]
The street lies immediately outside York city walls, leading to the south bank of the River Ouse. The area is likely to have seen some Roman and Anglian settlement, but later became partly a cemetery, with fields further out. [1] In 1832, the city's cholera burial ground was established by the road. [2]