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The Shambles

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 …

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Whipmawhopmagate

The longest street name in York is also the shortest street in York, at just 32 metres. The name possibly derives from a local custom of whipping small yelping dogs …

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