King's Staith
Medieval riverside quay of cobbles and flood-prone pubs, lined by an early Georgian merchant's mansion.
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This guide to King's Staith in York stands you between the River Ouse and a pub that the river regularly walks into, and asks why anyone keeps pouring pints there. It reaches back to the quay built in thirteen sixty-six, when this was the city's main landing place, and to William Cornwall, the future Lord Mayor whose brick mansion faces the water. Best heard on the cobbles by the riverside railings, with the King's Arms in front of you.
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