Fishergate Bar

Burnt, bricked up and then reopened by the Victorians!

We visited Fishergate Bar during our walk around the city walls of York, this gateway has an interesting back story having been burnt during a rebellion against taxes levied by Henry VII and then subs...

Great to view

There are six gateways into the city of York,the Fishergate Bar is certainly one of the most historic . Part of the Roman defence walls ,first mentioned in 1315,known locally as Barram Fishergate ,thi...

Scorch marks!

This is part of York's ancient City walls and its one with a lot of history. The gateway was bricked up in 1489 due to rebels burning the gates after murdering the Earl of Northumberland and you can s...

A gate into York,

This is one of several gates we encountered during our walk on the old Wall of York, We had to climb down the wall and go up again, as it wasn't possible to go over the gate.

Stunning gateway .

Fishergate Bar is one of six gateways into the city of York ,part of the Roman fortress defence walls ,the first mentioning of Fishergate Bar was in 1315 ,it was actually known as " Barram Fishergate ...