Talbot Court
Talbot Court is a gated courtyard off Low Petergate. Access is flanked on one side by 62 Low Petergate, currently a restaurant but previously York College for Girls. On the …
Judge’s Court
This alleyway off Coney Street leads into a courtyard and, beyond, a four-storey Georgian building. Between 1720 and 1806 it provided lodgings to Britain’s most senior judges before they set out to …
The Shambles
The Shambles is known for the number of butchers that used to trade from it. Shambles takes its name from ‘shammels’, an Anglo-Saxon word relating to the flesh benches or …
Bedern
An ancient lane, off Goodramgate, leading to Bedern Chapel and Hall and, via Bartle Garth, to St Saviourgate. A bridge, now destroyed, would have connected Bedern to the Minster precinct.
The …
Lund’s Court (formerly Mad Alice Lane)
Mad Alice haunts this snickelway. Beaten remorselessly by her husband, she finally attacked and killed him. The murder caused her to go insane, and she was hanged at York Castle …
Ye Olde Starre Inne, Stonegate
Believed to be the oldest licensed premises in the York, it consists of a 17th century building sitting on a 10th century cellar. The pub is accessed via a short …
23 Stonegate
This fine pillar-lined alley leads to the premises of the York Medical Society.
Chapter House Street
This ancient cobbled street begins at Minster Yard and passes the Treasurer’s House and Grays Court, before bearing right to connect with Goodramgate.
52 Goodramgate
This is covered alleyway leading to private residences and businesses. An interesting kangaroo freize can be seen near the entrance.
Powell’s Yard
A snickelway next to the inn of the same name, it runs from Goodramgate to private residences and a record shop.
Black Horse Passage
A rather unlovely alleyway, with Straker’s Passage it connects Stonebow to Fossgate.
Spen Lane
This short alleyway passes behind St Andrew’s Church, connecting Spen Lane with St Andrewgate.