Places (Gazetteer)

Number 49-51 Goodramgate dates from circa 1500. The "Wealden Hall" (in Powell's Yard to the rear) is a building style rarely found outside Kent / Sussex.

The painted wooden carving known locally as 'the American Indian' was originally created to identify and promote a tobacconist's business at 76 Low Petergate.

Anne Middleton's Hospital was constructed in 1827–9 as an almshouse to provide sheltered accomodation for the widows of up to 20 freemen of the city of York.

This attractive magnesian limestone wall in Dean's Park once formed part of an arcade associated with the 12th century palace used by the Archbishops of York.

Archway Signal Box was built circa 1841 by the York & North Midland Railway Company to control train movements into and out of its nearby railway station.

The Artist's Garden is a pleasant outdoor space designed specifically to display temporary art installations and to host occassion outdoor arts events.

York Castle has been used to dispense 'justice' for almost 1,000 years. The Assize Courts Building in the inner-bailey was constructed between 1773 and 1777.

During the 11th century, York boasted two 'motte and bailey' fortifications, one on each side of the River Ouse. Baile Hill is the motte of the western one.

The Bar Convent has been a religious institution since 1686. The cafe, exhibition, priest hole and hidden chapel are highly recommended.

Barker Tower was built during the mid-14th century. The Leonard's Landing ferrymen lived here until 1863. Since then it has been a mortuary, storeroom and cafe (although not all at the same time).

Built in phases from c1360 onwards, Barley Hall has been a hostel for the Priors of Nostell Priory, the home of a wealthy York goldsmith and a plumber's yard.

The intriguing advertisement for "Bile Beans" is a 'ghost sign' on the side wall of a house at the junction of Lord Mayor's Walk and Monkgate, near Monk Bar.

Bishophill Community Garden is a small area of greenspace within the churchyard of St Mary Bishophill Senior (York). The church was demolished in 1963.

This manually-operated double-leaf bascule footbridge carries the riverside path across Browney Dyke (a section of the Foss Navigation near the River Ouse).

From 1875 to 1958, York Corporation used the Bonding Warehouse to store imported goods that were subject to Excise duty. It now contains flats and offices.

Bootham Bar was built in the 12th century to protect the city's western entrance. It now forms a key access point for the northern section of York's City Walls.

The steep gradient, cobble and flagstone road surface and high retaining walls give Carr's Lane an interesting and distinctive character.

Castle Mills Bridge was built in 1955 and 1956 to carry Tower Street (part of York's Inner Ring Road) across the River Foss (aka the Foss Navigation).

Castle Mills Lock is 34 metres long x 6 metres wide. It was built in 1796, widened in 1889 and is now the only operational lock on the Foss Navigation.

During the Medieval and Tudor periods, Castlegate was the main thoroughfare linking Ouse Bridge and the town centre with the outer bailey of York Castle.

Chapter House Street follows the alignment of the Via Decumana (the road linking the northeast gate of the Roman fortress of Eboracum with the Principia).

A chess board has been carved onto a paving slab that forms part of the walkway along the top of the southwestern section of York's City Wall (near Tower 5).

Clifford's Tower (a.k.a. 'the King's Tower' or 'the Great Tower') is the keep of York Castle. Its 'quadrilobate' (four-lobed) design is unique in England.

Coffee Yard is a narrow, low-headroom passageway linking Stonegate with Grape Lane in the medieval streets area of York. It has a delightful central courtyard.