Saturday 1 October 2011

View from the Bar


This is Goodramgate viewed from Monk Bar. The street was built to connect the former Eastern Roman gateway to the city (near King’s Square) with the former Northern Roman gateway (near Monk Bar). The street name has evolved since Viking times when this street was owned by or perhaps lived in by a Viking called Gurthrum. In 'A New Exact Plan of the City of York' drawn by John Cossins in 1727 the street is labelled as Gotherme Gate. The white stone on the right of the picture is part of Monk Bar.

3 comments:

  1. Hi Deb. Welcome to the CPD community it is always good to see a new blog, especially one from from Yorkshire. Paul at Leeds in Yorkshire daily photo

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  2. welcome to the world of daily blogs - hope you last longer than the previous daily blogs from York managed - can't help but notice the shops to let signs - so common everywhere it seems.

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  3. Thanks for the welcome to City Daily Photo. Let's hope the 'Let' and 'Sold' signs start to go up soon

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