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May 8, 2014
A History of York in 100 Pictures 17: Lord Mayor’s Walk/Goose Lane
Today, Lord Mayor’s Walk is a busy section of the Inner Ring Road, following the line of the city walls between Monk Bar and Gillygate, but before the 18th century this was a track known […]
A History of York in 100 Pictures 16: Lord Mayor’s Walk/Goose Lane
Today, Lord Mayor’s Walk is a busy section of the Inner Ring Road, following the line of the city walls between Monk Bar and Gillygate, but before the 18th century this was a track known […]
April 23, 2014
A remedy for a cold
I’m back in York after ten days away, during which time I managed to pick up an irritating cold whose effects I am still trying to shake off. Perhaps I should have tried one of […]
April 9, 2014
Walmgate wardmote court, April 1583
Transcribing a few pages of York’s Wardmote Court Book every morning is my daily treat (sad, I know!) The bulk of the surviving 16th-century records run from 1575 to 1586, and now that I’m picking […]
March 20, 2014
A History of York in 100 pictures 15: Patrick Pool
Today, Patrick Pool is barely more than a lane, a shortcut to the market, but in the medieval period it was a much longer street stretching into what is now Swinegate. As so often, the […]
March 14, 2014
Rosemary: to make a man merry
We usually associate rosemary with remembrance, and it had this meaning in early modern England too, when sprigs of rosemary were dropped into graves. But it also signified fidelity and played an important role in weddings. […]
March 7, 2014
Covers, here and there
I was in Paris on 13th February to mark the launch of La nuit n’oubliera pas, the general paperback edition of Time’s Echo in French. It was a great occasion, and I had the pleasure […]
February 26, 2014
John Harper
My resolution for 2014 is to make some real progress on the edition of York’s Wardmote Court Book, that I have been working on for the past nine years. I finally got myself set up […]
February 19, 2014
Catching up
I have neglected this blog shamefully of late, it’s true, and my only excuse is that I have been on holiday, far from a computer – and it was bliss! I spent all of January […]
November 29, 2013
Phew!
I’ve been quiet lately, lashed to my computer in a frantic bid to make my deadline. But yesterday I was able to type THE END with huge relief. My original deadline was 30th November, but […]
