Lancelot Sawthell
It’s always a shock of recognition when I’m working on the records and come across a character I’ve put in a book. Anyone remember Hawise and Elizabeth giggling about poor Lancelot Sawghell at the beginning […]
It’s always a shock of recognition when I’m working on the records and come across a character I’ve put in a book. Anyone remember Hawise and Elizabeth giggling about poor Lancelot Sawghell at the beginning […]
Just outside the city walls around the Minster is an area of mostly 19th-century brick terraces that is now known as the Groves. In earlier times, this area was known as Paynleys (or Paynelathes) Crofts. […]
Deconsecrated now, Holy Trinity Goodramgate is one of the most interesting medieval churches in York. Tucked away behind Lady Row, in a hidden angle between Petergate and Goodramgate, it is easy to miss the entrance. […]
Lendal Bridge is a fine example of Victorian engineering, and its ornate cast iron decoration is worth a second look. In the 16th century there was a ferry crossing here, connecting St Leonard’s Landing with […]
Today the market in York is a thriving collection of stalls tucked away between the Shambles and Parliament street. In the 16th century, the main food market was known as Thursday Market, and it was […]
Leading off the much-photographed Shambles, Little Shambles today is little more than a gap dividing the street from Newgate Market. But in the 16th century it seems that a number of people lived in this […]
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