The Ancient Streets of York

More of the incredible, sometimes gruesome, history of England’s northern cultural capital

First published 1 June 2022, on a-maverick.com. This post continues my earlier post, Walking the Walls of York.

AFTER Exhibition Square, where the statue of William Etty stands, we went on to King’s Square, where people play music. Even though it is called a square, King’s Square is actually triangular, an almost accidental irregularity in the meeting of the streets, something that is a classic feature of…