Stonegate
Medieval lane of timber-framed shops, once the printers' quarter, guarded by a carved red devil.
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This guide to Stonegate in York follows the people who worked the street's print shops, starting with the small red devil on the corner of Coffee Yard and the boys whose job gave it its name. At its heart is Thomas Gent, a runaway Irish apprentice who walked to York in seventeen fourteen to set type for the King's printer, and the young woman he met in that house. Stand by number thirty-three, where you can see both the devil and the mouth of the alley.
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