EPW016071 ENGLAND (1926). York Castle and Prison, York, 1926
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| Title | [EPW016071] York Castle and Prison, York, 1926 |
| Reference | EPW016071 |
| Date | 30-June-1926 |
| Link | |
| Place name | YORK |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 460492, 451506 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -1.0780287755188, 53.955908033919 |
| National Grid Reference | SE605515 |
Pins
 Class31 |
Thursday 4th of September 2014 07:47:32 PM | |
Class31 |
Thursday 4th of September 2014 07:46:20 PM | |
 St George's Cinema |
 warden330 |
Thursday 15th of May 2014 02:27:49 PM |
| Ouse Bridge |
Class31 |
Sunday 20th of January 2013 08:58:12 PM |
| St. Michael's Church |
Class31 |
Sunday 20th of January 2013 08:54:57 PM |
| Parliament Street |
Class31 |
Sunday 20th of January 2013 08:50:43 PM |
| Church of All Saints, The Pavement |
Class31 |
Sunday 20th of January 2013 08:49:15 PM |
| St. Mary's Church |
Class31 |
Sunday 20th of January 2013 08:46:11 PM |
| Piccadilly |
Class31 |
Sunday 20th of January 2013 08:44:31 PM |
| Tower Street |
Class31 |
Sunday 20th of January 2013 08:43:33 PM |
| York Crown Court |
Class31 |
Sunday 20th of January 2013 08:42:06 PM |
I believe this is the old Debtors' Prison, now part of the Castle Museum. The Crown Court is the building to the left. |
Glenn |
Wednesday 23rd of January 2013 05:58:05 PM |
Apologies |
Class31 |
Thursday 4th of September 2014 07:42:19 PM |
| Cannon? There were cannon on the New Walk and flanking the Blue bridge in this period, captured following the Crimean War, but not aware of any near the site of the old Castlegate postern. |
Gavin Thomas |
Wednesday 4th of July 2012 04:46:49 PM |
Gavin - think it's York's 'gift tank'! See recent York Press article: http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/features/history/articles/10265262.Tanks_for_the_memories/?ref=ec |
YorkStories |
Friday 8th of March 2013 12:39:43 AM |
| Advert for Stubbs the ironmonger, which only closed a few years ago. |
Gavin Thomas |
Wednesday 4th of July 2012 11:36:38 AM |
| The Boer War memorial has clearly been moved a little to accommodate the new road layout here. |
Gavin Thomas |
Wednesday 4th of July 2012 11:33:16 AM |
| Cliffords Tower |
SueSnow67 |
Saturday 30th of June 2012 10:37:37 PM |
| This building was the first premises of Airspeed Ltd, the aircraft manufacturing company. The author Nevil Shute was one of its founders. Airspeed occupied the building 1931-1933. Now viewed as an eyesore or 'that old bus garage in Piccadilly. Due to be demolished.
... http://www.yorkstories.co.uk/buildings/airspeed_reynards_building_piccadilly.htm ...
On York's Local List - http://www.yorklocallist.org.uk/list.php |
YorkStories |
Saturday 30th of June 2012 10:16:09 PM |
The old bus garage is just off picture at the right hand side and nearly half-way down. |
WDApp |
Sunday 1st of July 2012 12:42:42 PM |
The old bus garage is just off picture at the right hand side and nearly half-way down. |
WDApp |
Sunday 1st of July 2012 12:42:42 PM |
To clarify - following the comment below - "The old bus garage is just off picture at the right hand side and nearly half-way down." The bus garage is a long building, one end of it is on the complete image if you pan across. Airspeed did apparently only occupy half of it - the other end, which is out of shot. |
YorkStories |
Sunday 1st of July 2012 02:49:05 PM |
| ? Tennis courts ? |
YorkStories |
Saturday 30th of June 2012 09:40:39 PM |
The nearest tennis courts were and are abou a mile away! |
WDApp |
Sunday 1st of July 2012 12:39:22 PM |
Yes they are tennis courts on the grass! Zoom in and you can pick out the lines and nets clearly. |
Whittocks |
Sunday 1st of July 2012 12:53:40 PM |
In this period the prison was a military prison and the officers married quarters were in the debters prison, so I think it very likely that the tennis courts were for the use of the officers and other prison staff and certainly not the inmates :-) |
Gavin Thomas |
Wednesday 4th of July 2012 04:41:06 PM |
Yes, zoom in,you can see two people playing ... |
Mike |
Sunday 31st of March 2013 11:36:33 AM |
| For as long as any of us can remember, this site next to Clifford's Tower has been a rather dull car park area, since these 19th century additions to the castle site were demolished in the 1930s. |
YorkStories |
Saturday 30th of June 2012 09:39:23 PM |
User Comment Contributions
 Clifford's Tower, York, 28/08/2014 |
Class31 |
Thursday 4th of September 2014 07:43:24 PM |
No, not tennis courts. It is called the Eye of York. This is the very centre of the City of York. York is not in any Riding of Yorkshire but where all the Ridings meet. So this is considered the very centre of Yorkshire |
Richard, Harrogate |
Tuesday 1st of January 2013 05:47:04 PM |
Thank you, I know it's called the Eye of York. It also has, at this time, tennis courts on it, clearly visible if you use the image controls to zoom in. |
YorkStories |
Tuesday 1st of January 2013 05:47:04 PM |
The castle walls facing Tower Street were black and hideously overwhelming. Despite this a few people objected to their being demolished. The view from Tower Street became beautiful. |
WDApp |
Sunday 1st of July 2012 02:49:43 PM |
Those walls do look very forbidding indeed! |
YorkStories |
Sunday 1st of July 2012 02:49:43 PM |
The castle walls facing Tower Street were black and hideously overwhelming. Despite this a few people objected to their being demolished. The view from Tower Street became beautiful. |
WDApp |
Sunday 1st of July 2012 12:47:42 PM |
 Great view of what used to be next to Clifford's Tower, where now there is car park. Many other points of interest, some marked with pins. |
YorkStories |
Saturday 30th of June 2012 10:18:16 PM |
York Castle |
Robert - Cumbria |
Tuesday 26th of June 2012 11:50:37 PM |