St Sampson’s, Church Street
Located in the heart of York, the building stands over part of the Roman city wall. And within the boundary of its churchyard, a fragment of cross-shaft was found built …
Located in the heart of York, the building stands over part of the Roman city wall. And within the boundary of its churchyard, a fragment of cross-shaft was found built …
St Leonard’s was the largest medieval hospital in England and cared for the ill and infirm of York. Originally founded as St Peter’s hospital in 936, it once consisted of …
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 …
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 …
Galmanho was the name give to a settlement just outside York’s walls in the Marygate area. Earl Siward of Northumbria, who founded the nearby church dedicated to St Olaf, is …
Dating from the 14th century, this is the tallest and strongest of the four main bars – essentially a self-contained fortress. It was built on the site of a previous …
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 …
Set on a raised knoll above the current road level, the present building was founded in 1154 on the site of an earlier Anglo-Saxon church, and is one of the oldest …
In 1446 King Henry VI granted a charter which founded the Guild of St Martin. A hall and a chapel were subsequently built on the site of an earlier chapel, …
All that remains of this church, demolished in the 1960s, is a community garden, which is situated alongside a snickelway called Carr’s Lane. Excavations revealed that the church stood on …
On the site of a pre-conquest building, it includes remnants of a Benedictine priory church. It is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as one of five great northern …
Within the walls of St Mary’s Abbey, this church is thought to have been founded by Earl Siward of Northumbria – best-known for his campaign against the Scots that led …