St Mary’s Tower
This tower is part of the defences that surrounded St Mary’s Abbey, rather than York’s main walls. The tower was built in the early 14th century but was badly damaged …
Bootham Bar
Bootham is a continuation of Petergate outside the city walls. There has been a gateway here for nearly 2000 years and Bootham Bar stands on the site of the western …
Bootham Bar Postern Tower
Resembling its sister building at Fishergate, it consists of a three storey tower, a portion of wall some three feet thick, and a secondary gateway or postern. The tower and …
Bootham
Although contested, Bootham may mean ‘at the booths’ and could refer to booths erected near Bootham Bar, which were used for a weekly market held by the monks of St …
York Arms, High Petergate
A grey lady haunts this city centre pub, possibly a medieval nun, and perhaps the same nun seen walking towards Bootham Bar. Like the Theatre Royal ghost, she was reportedly …