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Walk York in 1420

AI rebuilds York street by street, and you walk through it in your browser.

Step Into History · City walk

Medieval York, 1420

York in 1420 is a thriving northern cathedral city of wool merchants, guilds and river trade, its Minster rising in stone above a grid of narrow streets. This walk moves from the open floodmeadows into the gates, through markets, snickelways and guild halls, along the wharves and to the castle motte, showing craftsmen, clerics and riverside labour that shape the city's life.

35 scenes — 22 streets, squares and views, 13 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of York as it stood in 1420 (“History of York”).

The route, scene by scene

  1. 1. Clifton Ings Approach
  2. 2. Bootham Bar Gate
  3. ↳ Bootham Bar Guardroom · interior
  4. 3. Bootham Street
  5. 4. St Mary's Abbey Precinct
  6. ↳ St Mary's Abbey Refectory · interior
  7. 5. Minster Yard (South)
  8. 6. York Minster Exterior
  9. 7. Minster Nave
  10. ↳ Minster Nave under Scaffolds · interior
  11. 8. Chapter House
  12. ↳ Chapter House Circle · interior
  13. 9. Stonegate
  14. ↳ Stonegate Merchant's Hall · interior
  15. 10. Mad Alice Lane Snickelway
  16. 11. The Shambles
  17. ↳ Barley Hall Great Hall · interior
  18. 12. Shambles Butcher's Shop
  19. ↳ Shambles Butcher's Shop · interior
  20. 13. The Pavement Market
  21. 14. Merchant Adventurers' Hall
  22. ↳ Merchant Adventurers' Great Hall · interior
  23. 15. Fossgate
  24. ↳ Fossgate Carpenter's Workshop · interior
  25. 16. Foss Bridge
  26. 17. King's Staith Wharves
  27. ↳ King's Staith Warehouse · interior
  28. 18. Ouse Bridge
  29. ↳ Ouse Bridge Chapel · interior
  30. 19. Skeldergate Riverside
  31. 20. York Castle Bailey
  32. ↳ Castle Great Hall · interior
  33. 21. Clifford's Tower (Motte)
  34. ↳ Clifford's Tower Chamber · interior
  35. 22. Clifford's Tower Vantage