Parish of All Saints, Pavement
Medieval parish church with an octagonal lantern tower and a hell-mouth knocker on its north door.
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This guide to All Saints Pavement in York starts at the iron knocker on the north door, close enough to see the beast and the bearded head in its jaws. It follows what medieval worshippers believed about judgement day, the sanctuary legends that cling to rings like this one, and a light once kept burning above the street for travellers lost in the Forest of Galtres. Start at the north door before looking up.
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