Love the early morning light....

...... on these windows in Micklegate. The original Priory along here was listed in Domesday book of 1086 as one of five great northern churches. The Priory sign in the picture refer to a local public house.

Rectory Sunrise

The sun was just starting to rise as I walked past Holy Trinity Rectory on Micklegate last week.
Taking part in Skywatch Friday

How Many Doors?

This is the impressive main entrance into Holy Trinity church on Micklegate, the large  door is usually open and I had not noticed the door within a door until this recent visit. It is certainly large enough for me to step comfortably through.

Priory Remains

This is a view of Holy Trinity Church on Micklegate that suggests this building was once much larger. Indeed the church is all that remains of a Bendictine Priory church that was set in a seven acre monastic precinct. The present building formed a part of  the nave of Micklegate Priory.

Micklegate in Autumn

This is a view of one of the imposing houses on Micklegate as seen from the churchyard of Holy Trinity. The street name derives from the Old English word mickle meaning ‘great’. For hundreds of years this was the main street into the city from London. It was the wealthiest area of the city and the home of many markets and traders. The butter market for the north of England was held here from around 1662, and the butter standard was only finally removed in 1828.