18 Oct    York Castle Museum 18 Oct
Clifford’s Tower    20 Oct  20 Oct
 
 
 
 
 
York city wall   
Thu, 19 Oct 2023 Thursday, 19 Oct 2023   York, UK    L M S
 
 
 
 
 

The city walls of York are said to be the best surviving examples of medieval city walls in England. Under the medieval stonework are the remains of earlier walls dating as far back as the Roman period.

The Roman walls survived into the 9th century. Then York was invaded by the Danish Vikings who buried the Roman walls under an earth bank and topped them with a tall fence of wooden stakes. The wooden walls were then replaced in the 13th and 14th centuries with the stone wall we see today.

We found that walking on and around the walls is fun and it provides good views of a lot of the old town.

 
 
 
 
York city wall  
 
 
 
 
York city wall  
 
 
 
 
York city wall  
 
 
 
York city wall  
 
 
 
 
York city wall  
 
 
 
 
York city wall  
 
 
 
York city wall  
 
 
 
 
York city wall  
 
 
 
 
York city wall  
 
 
 
York city wall  
 
 
 
 
York city wall  
 
 
 
 
York city wall  
 
 
 
York Minster viewed from wall  
 
 
 
 
York Minster viewed from wall  
 
 
 
 
York Minster viewed from wall  
 
 
 
Dry moat along York city wall  
 
 
 
 
Dry moat along York city wall  
 
 
 
 
Dry moat along York city wall  
 
 
 
York city wall  
 
 
 
 
York city wall  
 
 
 
 
York city wall  
 
 
 
Old house near York city wall  
 
 
 
 
Old house near York city wall  
 
 
 
 
Old house near York city wall  
 
 
 
Treasury’s garden  
 
The Treasury is between the wall and the Minster.
 
 
 
 
Treasury’s garden  
 
The Treasury is between the wall and the Minster.
 
 
 
 
Treasury’s garden  
 
The Treasury is between the wall and the Minster.
 
 
 
St. Anthony’s garden seen from wall  
 
 
 
 
St. Anthony’s garden seen from wall  
 
 
 
 
St. Anthony’s garden seen from wall  
 
 
 
York Minster stone masons  
 
Ok, so not on the wall or next to the wall but pretty close to the wall. The masons are next to the Minster and I suspect that the stone being worked is going into a refresh of the big church.
 
 
 
 
York Minster stone masons  
 
Ok, so not on the wall or next to the wall but pretty close to the wall. The masons are next to the Minster and I suspect that the stone being worked is going into a refresh of the big church.
 
 
 
 
York Minster stone masons  
 
Ok, so not on the wall or next to the wall but pretty close to the wall. The masons are next to the Minster and I suspect that the stone being worked is going into a refresh of the big church.
 
 
 
York Minster stone mason  
 
 
 
 
York Minster stone mason  
 
 
 
 
York Minster stone mason  
 
 
 
York city wall crossing road  
 
Note the sign in the upper left corner. The Three-Legged Mare is a pub named for the infamous three-legged gallows which are depicted on the sign. Also known as the "Tree" or "Triple Tree," it was a gallows made of a horizontal wooden triangle supported by three legs (an arrangement known as a "three-legged mare" or "three-legged stool"). Multiple criminals could be hanged at once, and so the gallows were used for mass executions, such as that on 23 June 1649 when 24 prisoners (23 men and 1 woman) were hanged in short order.
 
 
 
 
York city wall crossing road  
 
Note the sign in the upper left corner. The Three-Legged Mare is a pub named for the infamous three-legged gallows which are depicted on the sign. Also known as the "Tree" or "Triple Tree," it was a gallows made of a horizontal wooden triangle supported by three legs (an arrangement known as a "three-legged mare" or "three-legged stool"). Multiple criminals could be hanged at once, and so the gallows were used for mass executions, such as that on 23 June 1649 when 24 prisoners (23 men and 1 woman) were hanged in short order.
 
 
 
 
York city wall crossing road  
 
Note the sign in the upper left corner. The Three-Legged Mare is a pub named for the infamous three-legged gallows which are depicted on the sign. Also known as the "Tree" or "Triple Tree," it was a gallows made of a horizontal wooden triangle supported by three legs (an arrangement known as a "three-legged mare" or "three-legged stool"). Multiple criminals could be hanged at once, and so the gallows were used for mass executions, such as that on 23 June 1649 when 24 prisoners (23 men and 1 woman) were hanged in short order.
 
 
 
 18 Oct    York Castle Museum 18 Oct
Clifford’s Tower    20 Oct  20 Oct