Micklegate Bar - Proof of York
Medieval royal gateway where traitors' heads were once displayed, now an artist's gallery and shop.
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This guide to Micklegate Bar in York begins with a single object high on its battlements: a paper crown set on the severed head of Richard, Duke of York, after the Battle of Wakefield in December 1460. It follows the Wars of the Roses feud between York and Lancaster, and the other rebels whose heads went up on this gate across the centuries. Best heard standing on Blossom Street, looking up at the battlements, before you step under the arch.
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