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I seem to recall that one portion of the walls ends in "the middle of nowhere" in what was once a bog. I recall there was a small blockhouse at that point. Looking at the street map, am I right in assuming it was along the portion on the southeast of downtown, east of the Foss? Was it at the northern end? Maury 23:57, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
I live in York and a lot of people I know refer to the walls as the "Bar Walls" rather than the "City Walls". Can anyone else from York verify whether this is a legitimate local name for the walls? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.29.45.93 ( talk) 12:48, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
At the start of the Bars section, the word "tolls" has been redirected from a disambiguation page (fine) to Toll road (not so fine, as it's all about roads and doesn't really cover what went on at city gates). Toll bridge or Toll house are both closer but still not right. I suppose one could say that the Bars functioned as toll houses and add something and maybe a pic of Walmgate bar to the latter's article. Toll gate and other Toll xxxs all redirect to Toll road. Any thoughts, anyone? -- Guillaume Tell 11:53, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
I've looked up every synonym that I can find for "tolls". Local Taxation is probably nearer to what was happening at the city gates. We could do with an article about Medieval tolls to include references and links to murage, pavage, pontage, tunnage, poundage etc.. History of the English fiscal system seemed promising but was more about national than civic or local tolls. Not much help, I'm afraid, but another to add to my Todo list.-- Harkey ( talk) 16:41, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
This is a good exposition of tolls.-- Harkey ( talk) 16:59, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Has anyone a source for the assertion that the 12th century gate was on the site of the Roman entrance? I thought the diversion happened in the Viking city. -- Ian Dalziel ( talk) 12:07, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
The article says that Monk Bar and Walmgate Bar both have portcullises. Walmgate bar section says "It also retains its portcullis (one of only three surviving in Europe)", but the article on Portcullis says that "In England, working portcullises survive at the Tower of London, Monk Bar[2] in York, Amberley Castle, and Hever Castle." So, the claim "one of three" must be wrong, surely? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ianeiloart ( talk • contribs) 11:19, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
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weren't the square holes (crenels) on the walls added by the victorians? originally it would have just been a normal stone wall, right?
these gaps are crenels: http://www.yorkwalls.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/FYW-York-UK-D.jpg
were they not added? i have heard of it — Preceding unsigned comment added by Menacinghat ( talk • contribs) 20:09, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
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I seem to recall that one portion of the walls ends in "the middle of nowhere" in what was once a bog. I recall there was a small blockhouse at that point. Looking at the street map, am I right in assuming it was along the portion on the southeast of downtown, east of the Foss? Was it at the northern end? Maury 23:57, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
I live in York and a lot of people I know refer to the walls as the "Bar Walls" rather than the "City Walls". Can anyone else from York verify whether this is a legitimate local name for the walls? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.29.45.93 ( talk) 12:48, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
At the start of the Bars section, the word "tolls" has been redirected from a disambiguation page (fine) to Toll road (not so fine, as it's all about roads and doesn't really cover what went on at city gates). Toll bridge or Toll house are both closer but still not right. I suppose one could say that the Bars functioned as toll houses and add something and maybe a pic of Walmgate bar to the latter's article. Toll gate and other Toll xxxs all redirect to Toll road. Any thoughts, anyone? -- Guillaume Tell 11:53, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
I've looked up every synonym that I can find for "tolls". Local Taxation is probably nearer to what was happening at the city gates. We could do with an article about Medieval tolls to include references and links to murage, pavage, pontage, tunnage, poundage etc.. History of the English fiscal system seemed promising but was more about national than civic or local tolls. Not much help, I'm afraid, but another to add to my Todo list.-- Harkey ( talk) 16:41, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
This is a good exposition of tolls.-- Harkey ( talk) 16:59, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Has anyone a source for the assertion that the 12th century gate was on the site of the Roman entrance? I thought the diversion happened in the Viking city. -- Ian Dalziel ( talk) 12:07, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
The article says that Monk Bar and Walmgate Bar both have portcullises. Walmgate bar section says "It also retains its portcullis (one of only three surviving in Europe)", but the article on Portcullis says that "In England, working portcullises survive at the Tower of London, Monk Bar[2] in York, Amberley Castle, and Hever Castle." So, the claim "one of three" must be wrong, surely? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ianeiloart ( talk • contribs) 11:19, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
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weren't the square holes (crenels) on the walls added by the victorians? originally it would have just been a normal stone wall, right?
these gaps are crenels: http://www.yorkwalls.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/FYW-York-UK-D.jpg
were they not added? i have heard of it — Preceding unsigned comment added by Menacinghat ( talk • contribs) 20:09, 28 December 2018 (UTC)