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Micklegate is a street in the City of York, England.The name means "Great Street", "gate" coming from the Old Norse gata, or street. [1]Micklegate is described by York City Council as "one of the most handsome streets in Yorkshire", [2] and was described by Nikolaus Pevsner as "...without any doubt the most architecturally rewarding street in York". [3]
Parliament Street is a major shopping street in the city centre of York, in England. It was the site of the city's main street market from 1836 to 1955, and was largely pedestrianised in the 1980s. History
The following is a timeline for Google Street View, a technology implemented in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides ground-level interactive panoramas of cities. The service was first introduced in the United States on May 25, 2007, and initially covered only five cities: San Francisco, Las Vegas, Denver, Miami, and New York City.
York's squares are: St Sampson's Square, the old market square at the head of Parliament Street; St Helen's Square, anchored by York Mansion House and St Helen's Church on opposing ends of the square, it also links to York Guildhall which is behind the mansion house overlooking the River Ouse; King's Square, anchored by York's Chocolate Story;
The precinct of York Minster lay immediately north of the street, and until the early 19th-century, was entered through a gateway. Part of this may survive in the rebuilt structure at the entrance to College Street. The original site of the York Dominican Friary may have been on the street, although it moved to Toft Green in 1227.
It also housed York's synagogue. In 1190, the Jews of York were massacred, and many of their houses were burned down. [1] In 1279, after the Jews had been expelled from England, Roger Basy and John Sampson were granted their former property on Coney Street. [3] [4] In 1308, Coney Street was described as the most important street in York.
The York County Hospital was established on the street in 1740, and moved into a large building set back from the road in 1851. In 1754, the Grey Coat School for girls was built, while from 1803 until 1840, Manchester College was based on the street, its buildings then becoming St John's College. [3]
The Cartography of York is the history of surveying and creation of maps of the city of York. The following is a list of historic maps of York: c.1610: John Speed's map [1] 1624: Samuel Parsons' map of Dringhouses [2] c1682: Captain James Archer's Plan of the Greate, Antient & Famous Citty of York [3]