Lady Peckett’s Yard
Connecting Pavement and Fossgate, the snickelway is named after then wife of John Peckett, Lord Mayor of York in 1701. Essentially two lanes in one, their earlier names may have …
Jewbury
Just outside the walls leading from Monk Bar to Layerthorpe was Jewbury, the site of a medieval Jewish cemetery. It was extremely neatly laid out. Medieval writers often refer to …
Holy Trinity, King’s Square
Known as Konungsgarthr or King’s Garth in the 10th century, some have suggested this small square was the site of the royal palace of the Kings of Deira, Northumbria and, …
Roman Corner
The ruins of a small square tower and the top of a curving wall mark the north-east corner of the Roman fortress of Eboracum. A medieval urinal can also been …
Multangular Tower
The Roman Empire annexed Britain in 43AD. When the Romans arrived in York in 71AD a fortress was built to establish a stronghold in the north of England. It housed …