The Wetherspoons Hunter, The Postern Gate, Episode 18

The pub stands a few feet from the medieval tower called Fishergate Postern and is just around the corner from Fishergate Bar (or gateway). Medieval York was the second largest and second most important city in England. The existing stone walls which surround it, and the bar gateways into the city, were built during this period. The Postern was built in c1500, on the banks of the River Foss, which was then much wider and now passes behind this site. Medieval York was a popular royal residence and the capital of the north. The existing stone walls which surround the city were originally built in Roman times but have been repaired and added to over the centuries.Fishergate Postern was built between 1504 and 1507, replacing an earlier structure called Talkan Tower. It stands in front of the building that you are now in and hasn’t changed for 500 years, except for the tiled roof added in the century after the tower was built.Next to the tower are the remains of a small postern gate, to the Scarlet Pit. This was probably a pool in the River Foss, which now passes behind these premises. Buy me a drink 🍺 🙏🏻 https://www.paypal.me/franci5 Episode 17-previous    • The Wetherspoons Hunter, The Punch Bowl, E...   I’m not here to review the spoons I go to or score them out of 10, I’m just proving I’ve been there. I look forward to being able to show you all around, so like, please subscribe to the channel and hit the notification bell for notifications of new videos! TTOF for now !!! #spoons #wetherspoons #breakfast #york #yorkshire #lookaround #pub #pepsi #pepsimax #watermill #river #riverside #travelodge