Various signs
The ultimate street signs, historical sites and house numbers
× Want to add signs? There is an app! Get it on Google Play Download on the App Store

Sign: York - Abbey Wall Gateway Special item


Address:
2A Bootham, York YO30 7BL, UK
Category:
Monuments and History
City:
York For all manhole covers in York
Country:
United Kingdom For all manhole covers in United Kingdom
Shape:
Other
Material:
Metal
Placement:
Wall or fence
Click here for a map that contains other items in the area

Map Route Route No loc. Around me
On the sign:
Royal coat of arms

This Gateway was broken through the Abbey Wall July 1503 in honour of the Princess Margaret, daughter of Henry VII, who was the guest of the Lord Abbot of St Mary’s for two days on her journey to the North as the Bride of James IV of Scotland.

This tablet was erected by the Yorkshire Philosophical Society 1899
Photography:
2023
Yael Gairola
Add comments, corrections, or missing information. After clicking the "Submit" button you will be taken to a page where you will be required to specify your name and email address.
Please note, you do not need to specify details about the item, these details will be automatically added

Comments:
The sign placed in 1899 is near the gate that was opened in the wall on the occasion of the visit of Henry VII’s daughter Princess Margaret in 1503.

The cover was photographed on the same day by the same photographer Click for a larger image


The signs closest to the current sign (Click to show or hide) Mesh (mosaic) Signs around me

York - Roman Fortress
2-4 High Petergate, York YO1 7EH, UK (31 Meter)
York - Commemorative plaque at the place where Thomas Herbert lived
York Oratory 11, High Petergate, York YO1 7EN, UK (82 Meter)
York - Commemorative plaque in the house where William Arthur Evelyn lived
Evelyn House, 33 Bootham, York YO30 7BT, UK (104 Meter)
York - A tribute plaque to the Dean Court Hotel during the lockdown of the Corona epidemic
7-5 Duncombe Pl, York YO1, UK (135 Meter)
York - A commemorative plaque in the house where philanthropist Joseph Rowntree lived
49 Bootham, York YO30 7BT, UK (183 Meter)
York - the place where physics professor Silvanus P. Thompson studied and taught.
51 Bootham, York YO30 7BU, UK (201 Meter)

The ultimate street signs, historical sites and house numbers
Home
About
Signs
- Mesh
- Series
- Artists
- Architects
- Around me
Map
Statistics
Gallery
Add sign
Contact
Sign-O-Pedia
Accessibility statement

Initiating the site - Eli Zvuluny - Programming and building the site Possible Worlds Ltd. Possible Worlds Ltd. © 2019-2024

© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED - The site and its content are copyright protected. The full copyrights of the site's content belong to Eli Zvuluny. All images in the site (unless another photographer is mentioned) were taken by Eli Zvuluny that has the full copyrights on them. The use of any images or other materials included herein, in whole or part, for any purpose is expressly prohibited without the written permission of Eli Zvuluny. .