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Sign: York - Abbey Wall Gateway Special item


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2A Bootham, York YO30 7BL, UK
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This Gateway was broken through the Abbey Wall July 1503 in honour of the Princess Margaret, daughter of Henry VII, who was the guest of the Lord Abbot of St Mary’s for two days on her journey to the North as the Bride of James IV of Scotland.

This tablet was erected by the Yorkshire Philosophical Society 1899
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The sign placed in 1899 is near the gate that was opened in the wall on the occasion of the visit of Henry VII’s daughter Princess Margaret in 1503.

The cover was photographed on the same day by the same photographer Click for a larger image



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