On Museum Street (England Route A1036) close to Bootham (England Route A19), on the left when traveling north.
This Gateway was broken through the Abbey Wall July 1503 in honour of the Princess Margaret, daughter of Henry VII, who was the guest of the Lord Abbot of St Mary’s for two days on her journey to the North as the Bride of James IV of Scotland. — — Map (db m125439) HM
On Goodramgate at Low Petergate, on the right when traveling south on Goodramgate.
Anne Lister
1791 – 1840
Gender-nonconforming
Entrepreneur. Celebrated marital
commitment, without legal
recognition, to Ann Walker
in this church.
Easter, 1834 — — Map (db m125427) HM
On Duncombe Place at High Petergate, on the right when traveling north on Duncombe Place.
Remember Those Loyal and Gallant Soldiers and Sailors of this County of York Who Fell Fighting for Their Country’s Honour in South Africa 1899 to 1902 and Whose Names Are Inscribed on this Cross Erected by Their Fellow Yorkshiremen. A.D. 1905 — — Map (db m125210) WM
On Bootham at Gillygate, on the right when traveling east on Bootham.
Bootham
From the old West Scandinavian word “Buthum” (1150) – “at the booths” – implying a district of humble or temporary dwellings. Jurisdiction over Bootham was hotly disputed between the City and St. Mary’s . . . — — Map (db m125486) HM
On St Leonard’s Place at High Petergate, on the right when traveling north on St Leonard’s Place.
City Walls 2000 years in 2 miles
Bootham Bar
There has been a gateway here for almost 2,000 years. Roman legions marched through it, northwards to present-day Scotland. The earliest parts of what remain date from the 1Ith and 12th centuries, . . . — — Map (db m125436) HM
Near Museum Street at Lendal, on the right when traveling south.
This tree was planted in memory of
Charles Allen 1887 — 1972
a distinguished naturalist, who gave
great service to the Museum and Gardens — — Map (db m125488) HM
On Tower Street (England Route B1227) at Clifford Street, on the right when traveling north on Tower Street.
Clifford’s Tower
The original motte and bailey castle on this site was erected by William the Conqueror. The present tower usually described as "the Great Tower", was built between 1245 and 1262 by order of King Henry III. It was encircled by a . . . — — Map (db m125304) HM
Near Museum Street (England Route A1036) at Bootham (England Route A19), on the left when traveling north.
The Coat of Arms above the entrance is that of Charles I who stayed in the King’s Manor in 1633 and 1639. His father James I (James VI of Scotland) whose monogram appears on the doorway had introduced the unicorn the supporter of Scotland into the . . . — — Map (db m125484) HM
Near Minster Yard at Minster Gates, on the left when traveling east.
Near this place Constantine was proclaimed Roman Emperor in 306. His recognition of the civil liberties of his Christian subjects, and his own conversion to the Faith, established the religious foundations of Western Christendom.
( . . . — — Map (db m125244) HM
On Deangate at Goodramgate, on the right when traveling north on Deangate.
Cross Keys
The Cross Keys dates from 1904 and was built by Frank Raney of Stonegate. The current building replaced an earlier inn of the same name on the same site. The new building, standing on the corner of Goodramgate and Deangate, can be viewed . . . — — Map (db m125430) HM
On King’s Staith at Cumberland Street, on the right when traveling north on King’s Staith.
Cumberland House
Erected in the early eighteenth century by Alderman William Cornwell, one time sheriff and twice Lord Mayor of York.
It appears to have been given its name in honour of the Duke of Cumberland, second son of King George II, who . . . — — Map (db m125311) HM
On Davygate close to St. Helen’s Square, on the left when traveling south.
Davygate
A thoroughfare for over 800 years and named after David, the King’s Lardiner in the reign of King Stephen (1135) whose great grandfather had come over with William the Conqueror. He had control over nearby Forest of Galtres and supplied . . . — — Map (db m125246) HM
On Tadcaster Road (England Route A1036) at Cherry Lane, on the right when traveling south on Tadcaster Road.
Dringhouses School c.1850-1904
Village Reading Room 1904-1942
Wilkinson Memorial Library 1942-present
Given after the death of Colonel Wilkinson, last Lord of Dringhouses Manor, to be used only as a public library or for Council-decreed public . . . — — Map (db m125206) HM
On Tadcaster Road (England Route A1036) at St Helen’s Road, on the left when traveling south on Tadcaster Road.
In Proud and Loving
Memory of the Men of
Dringhouses Who Laid
Down Their Lives for God
And Country in the Great
War 1914 — 1918
A. Bishop · H.S. Brown · R.M. Bustard · T.W. Carlton · H. Clark · T. Clark · J.F. Clarkson · C. Cruse · . . . — — Map (db m125203) WM
On Museum Street (England Route A1036) at Bootham (England Route A19), on the left when traveling north on Museum Street.
Exhibition Square
Created in 1879, it takes its name from the Fine Art and Industrial Exhibition of that year for which the building that now houses the City Art Gallery was erected. — — Map (db m125479) HM
On Museum Street (England Route A1036) at Bootham (England Route A19), on the left when traveling north on Museum Street.
( left tablet )
This Fountain Was Given to the Citizens of York in 1971 by the York Civic Trust
( right tablet )
To Commemorate the 1900th Anniversary of the Foundation of the City by the Romans — — Map (db m125475) HM
On Station Rise (England Route A1036) at Station Road, on the right when traveling west on Station Rise.
George Leeman
( back )
This Statue Was Erected by Public Subscription
To Commemorate the Many Services Rendered By
George Leeman
To His Native City.
He Was
Three Times Lord Mayor of York
Elected M.P. for this City in 1865, . . . — — Map (db m125381) HM
On St Leonard’s Place at High Petergate, on the right when traveling north on St Leonard’s Place.
The former stoneyard of
George Walker Milburn
1844 – 1941
sculptor and carver
He worked from
these premises between
1885 and 1941 — — Map (db m125437) HM
On Pavement at Shambles, on the right when traveling north on Pavement.
These are the oldest, and most haunted, licensed premises in York. Mentioned in the city Archives as far back as 1503, this historic, wooden-framed building is without foundations w hich would explain our crooked staircases, and odd nooks and . . . — — Map (db m125385) HM
Near High Petergate close to Stonegate, on the right when traveling east.
Guy Fawkes Inn, 25 High Petergate, York
Guy
Fawkes
Gunpowder Plot Conspirator
Born here 1570
Hung, drawn & quartered
in City of London
31st January 1606 — — Map (db m125240) HM
On Stonegate at Little Stonegate, on the left when traveling north on Stonegate.
Guy Fawkes
Hereabouts lived the parents of Guy Fawkes of Gunpowder Plot fame, who was baptized in St. Michael-Leonard-Belfrey Church in 1570. — — Map (db m125389) HM
On North Street at Tanner Row, on the right when traveling north on North Street.
John Snow
(1813 – 1858)
Pioneer of Public Health
And Anaesthesia
Proved that Cholera is water-borne
by removing a pump handle
Born and lived in North Street
until aged 14 — — Map (db m125208) HM
On North Street close to Tanner Row, on the right when traveling north.
Dr John Snow (1813-1858) was a Victorian physician, a pioneer in the fields of anaesthesia and epidemiology, famed for his tracing of the source of a cholera outbreak in London's Soho and confirming that it is a waterborne disease. John Snow . . . — — Map (db m125207) HM
On Museum Street at the River Ouse, on the right when traveling south on Museum Street.
Lendal Tower
Dating from about 13OO, it was originally part of the City's defences, with a defensive chain stretching from here to the Tower on the opposite bank. In 1677 it was leased to the predecessors of The York Waterworks Plc for five . . . — — Map (db m125347) HM
Near Minster Yard at Minster Gates, on the right when traveling east.
Miles Coverdale
c.1488 – 1569
Bishop of Exeter and believed to be a native of York. He translated and published the first complete printed English Bible (1535) and revised the Great Bible of 1539, sponsored by Thomas Cromwell.
He was a . . . — — Map (db m125432) HM
On Deangate at College Street, on the left when traveling east on Deangate.
Minster Close
These two block pillars and the two to the west made of stone were erected in 1995, the cost being met by the Friends of York Minster. — — Map (db m125431) HM
Near High Petergate close to Minster Gates, on the left when traveling east.
Minster Gates
Here stood one of the entrance gates into the Minster Liberty, for foot traffic only. There have been posts here for probably 600 years. The approach was at one time called Bookland Lane and, after the coming of printing, Bookbinders . . . — — Map (db m125241) HM
Near Museum Street (England Route A1036) at Lendal, on the left when traveling north.
City Walls
200 years in 2 miles
Multiangular Tower
Roman York
The City of York can trace its history back to the year AD 71, when the Roman 9th Legion arrived at the strategic spot where the rivers Ouse and Foss met, and built a fortress to . . . — — Map (db m125342) HM
On Station Road close to Station Rise (Route A1036), on the left when traveling south.
York has been a centre of railway management since 1840. This building, now the Headquarters of British Rail, Eastern Region, was the Head Office of the North Eastern Railway from 1906 (designed by William Bell and Horace Field).
The badges . . . — — Map (db m125379) HM
On Station Road at Station Rise (England Route A1036), on the right when traveling south on Station Road.
Their Names Liveth
For Evermore
( rear center column )
In Abiding
Remembrance
Of the 2236 Men of
The Northeastern
Railway
Who Gave
Their Lives
For Their Country
In The Great War
The Company
Places
This . . . — — Map (db m125378) WM
On Goodramgate at Low Petergate, on the right when traveling south on Goodramgate.
Old White Swan
Parts of this complex building date from the 16th century. The earliest records of the building as the Old White Swan public house date to 1703, although it is believed that it was a pub well before then. There are nine separate . . . — — Map (db m125426) HM
On Goodramgate at King’s Square, on the right when traveling south on Goodramgate.
Our Lady’s Row, Goodramgate
The oldest surviving row of houses in York built in 1316 in the churchyard of Holy Trinity to endow a chantry of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The name Goodramgate derives from Gutherungate (12th century) an Anglicised form . . . — — Map (db m125429) HM
On Coney Street close to New Street, on the left when traveling north.
P/O Yves Mahé
1919 – 1962
Free French fighter pilot, 235 Squadron
Royal Air Force, who helped save York
From Luftwaffe bombers on the
Morning of 29th April 1942 — — Map (db m125251) HM WM
On Tadcaster Road (England Route A1036) at St Helen’s Road, on the left when traveling south on Tadcaster Road.
This Pinfold, or Pound, was originally an enclosure in which straying cattle were confined pending the payment of a fine. These structures were principally in use in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries and were generally situated on roadsides and . . . — — Map (db m125204) HM
On Coney Street close to St. Helen’s Square, on the right when traveling north.
Praetorian Gate
Near here stood the principal entrance into the City in the days of the Romans. Original date uncertain but probably rebuilt circa 300AD. — — Map (db m125248) HM
On Stonegate at Little Stonegate, on the right when traveling north on Stonegate.
The Punch Bowl has been a pub for over 400 years. It has suffered two major fires over the last 150 years, however, the restoration work has retained the tavern's distinctive character. The overhanging gable at the front of the pub was added . . . — — Map (db m125387) HM
Near Minster Yard at Minster Gates, on the right when traveling east.
Roman Column
This Roman column once stood within the great hall of the headquarters building of the fortress of the Sixth Legion (whose emblem was a bull) in the fourth century A.D. it was found in 1969 during the excavation of the south transept . . . — — Map (db m125242) HM
On St Leonard’s Place at High Petergate, on the right when traveling north on St Leonard’s Place.
This plaque marks the site of the Porta Principalis Dextra or North Western Gate of the Roman Fortress of which the foundations as rebuilt circa A.D. 300 lie just below ground. — — Map (db m125434) HM
On Castlegate at Tower Street, on the right when traveling north on Castlegate.
St George’s Hall Cinema
The façade of the cinema which was opened in 1921 and closed in 1965. It is a rare example of cinema architecture of the 1920s. — — Map (db m125307) HM
On Coney Street close to New Street, on the left when traveling north.
St Martin-le-Grand A mainly 15th century church, pre Conquest in origin, largely destroyed by fire in the air raid in 1942. The tower was completed before 1437. The Great West Window, considered to be one of the finest early 15th century windows . . . — — Map (db m125253) HM
Near Museum Street (England Route A1036) close to Lendal, on the left when traveling north.
Welcome to St Mary’s Abbey
Once the richest monastery in the north of England, sketched by Turner
JMW Turner visited York several times during his long association with Yorkshire. In 1797 during his first tour, the artist visited St . . . — — Map (db m125339) HM
Near Museum Street (England Route A1036) at Lendal, on the left when traveling north.
St. Leonard’s Hospital
Built at the expense of John Romanus (died 1255) this building, comprising a vaulted crypt with a chapel above, formed part of St. Leonard’s Hospital, at one time the largest hospital in the North of England. Originally known . . . — — Map (db m125343) HM
On High Petergate close to Stonegate, on the left when traveling east.
St. Michael-Le-Belfrey
The only pre-Reformation church in York to have been built all at one time (1525 – 1536) by John Forman, Master Mason to the Minster. Guy Fawkes was baptized here on 16th April 1570. — — Map (db m125211) HM
On Church Street at Silver Street, on the right when traveling north on Church Street.
St. Sampson’s Church
The Church is first mentioned in 1154. Its Tower was damaged by cannon balls in 1644 and the Church was largely rebuilt in 1848. The adjacent door is fifteenth-century. The redundant Church was taken over by the York Civic . . . — — Map (db m125391) HM
On Coney Street close to New Street, on the left when traveling north.
The George Inn
In Elizabethan times Ralph Rokeby Esq. (d.1575) Secretary of the Council of the North lived in a house on this site.
Subsequently for about two and a half centuries there existed here a Hostelry known since 1614 as the George Inn, . . . — — Map (db m125254) HM
On Museum Street (England Route A1036) at Bootham (Route A19), on the left when traveling north on Museum Street.
The King’s Manor
A house was built on this site c.1270 as a Residence for the Abbot of St. Mary’s Abbey but was substantially rebuilt in the late 15th century. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539 it became, until 1641, the Headquarters . . . — — Map (db m125478) HM
Near Museum Street (England Route A1036) close to Lendal, on the left when traveling north.
The Multiangular Tower
This tower formed the north west
corner of the Roman Legionary
Fortress of Eboracum
It was built about 300 A.D. on
the site of an older and simpler
tower. The larger stonework
at the top is medieval. . . . — — Map (db m125338) HM
On Newgate at Shambles, on the left when traveling north on Newgate.
The Shambles
The ancient street of the Butchers of York, mentioned in the Domesday Book of William the Conqueror. It takes its name from the word ‘Shamel’, meaning the stalls or benches on which meat was displayed – later versions of which . . . — — Map (db m125425) HM
On Station Road close to Wellington Row, on the left when traveling north.
City of York
This Bridge
was declared
free from toll
on the 7th day of
August 1894
Thos Clayton
Lord Mayor
W.W. Hargroop
Sheriff
C A Milward Chairman of Estates & Bridges Committee
A. Greer City Engineer
G McGuire Town . . . — — Map (db m125209) HM
On Clifford Street at Cumberland Street, on the left when traveling north on Clifford Street.
This
Memorial Stone
was laid by
HRH The Prince of Wales KC
With Mason’s Honors
On the 18th Day of July 1880
Arthur P Purey, Cust DD
Dean of York
President — — Map (db m125309) HM
On Museum Street at St Leonard’s Place, on the left when traveling north on Museum Street.
Association of Voluntary Guides
to the
City of York
Founded in 1951, the Association started
their first guided tours from Library Square — — Map (db m125345) HM
Near Stonegate at Little Stonegate, on the left when traveling north.
York’s Oldest Licensed Inn, Established 1644
The inn used to be a posting house (a post for changing coach horses. But not necessarily as an office for posting letters). Before 1733 it was open to Stonegate, being accessed by gates into the street . . . — — Map (db m125388) HM
Near Newgate at Patrick Pool, on the left when traveling north.
The upper storey of this building was the meeting place of York Methodists from 1753 to 1759. John Wesley, Charles Wesley and George Whitefield preached here on several occasions during that time, The actual room which the Methodists occupied was . . . — — Map (db m125392) HM
