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Fishergate Bar

Fishergate Bar

This is one of the secondary gateways into the city. First recorded in 1315, the present gate was erected in 1487, by the authority of Mayor of York William Todd.

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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 …

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Roman corner, York's walls

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 …

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