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The Cross Keys: Wards Upward or Wards Downward?
The Cross Keys pub gets a brief mention in the "Public House Signs" section of the book Heraldry and the Buildings of York, noting that the original, which had opened in the first quarter of the 19th...
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Some Heraldry-Adjacent Business Logos/Signs
Of course, the Cross Keys (which we saw last time) is not the only business, or even the only type of business, to be identified in York, England, with a sign which is more or less heraldic.Here are...
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Some Even Less Heraldic Heraldry-Adjacent Logos
Plus, the dreaded "empty cartouche"!Following on our last post containing some "heraldry-adjacent" business logos, today we're going to visit some even less heraldic, but vaguely heraldry-adjacent"...
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Arms, and Cyphers, and More Arms, Oh, My!
And all at the Yorkshire Philosophical Society Museum and Gardens in the city of York, England, no less!That is, here, at The Lodge, Museum Gardens, home of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society's...
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The Arms of York in York, England
As I noted last time, the arms of the City of York, England, can be found all around the city. (You can even buy tee shirts with the arms on them, though I was a bit disappointed not to find any caps...
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One Historic Site, Two Different Coats of Arms: Part One
There are two way by which to get to the historic Merchant Adventurers Hall in York.Definition: A Merchant Adventurer was someone who risked or ‘adventured’ his or her own money in overseas trade in...
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One Historic Site, Two Different Coats of Arms: Part Two
The other way to get to the Merchant Adventurers Hall in York is to go via the Gatehouse on Fossgate.Not as old as the Merchant Adventurers Hall, the Gatehouse is mid-17th century in origin, with the...
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Serendipity!
I just love it when two (or more) of my interests come together in a single package!In this specific instance, it was the combination of secret agent "Bond. James Bond", and heraldry, into something...
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We-e-e-e-e're Off to See the Minster ...
The wonderful Minster of York.We found it is an heraldic whizJust brimming with co-oats of arms.I'm sorry about the title (and the first few lines of this post), but when I get a song in my head (in...
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Some Arms on the Exterior of York Minster
Arriving at York Minster,* formally the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, one of the things that you notice is a frieze running across the façade consisting of a number of...
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Have I Been Doing Heraldry Too Long?
It always makes me ask, whenever I see a coat of arms (or a heraldry-like logo) and can tell you right away whose coat of arms (or logo) it is: Have I been doing heraldry too long?In this instance, I...
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The Great Stone Shields of York Minster, Part the First
The interior arches of York Minster are flanked with pairs of large shields carved and colorfully painted. One source says that “The crests [sic] above the aisle arches represent the coats of arms of...
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The Great Stone Shields of York Minster, Part Two
By way of introduction to these impressive shields in York Minster, here's a shot that includes a number of them which will give you an idea of what an impact they make in the cathedral.Please feel...
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The Great Stone Shields of York Minster, Part Three
Continuing our look at the stone shields flanking the many arches in York Minster, we come to the following, in no particular order beyond the order in which I took these photographs as I walked...
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The Great Stone Shields of York Minster, Part Four
Continuing today our look at the great stone shields inside York Minster, today we find:On the left, the arms of John de Bulmer (d. 1299) or Ralph de Bulmer (d. 1356): Gules billety a lion rampant or;...
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The Great Stone Shields of York Minster, Part 5
To continue our look at the stone shields flanking the arches inside York Minster, we come to the following:First, we have the arms of John de Warenne, 1st Earl Sussex (1231-1304), Checky or and azure;...
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The Great Stone Shields of York Minster, Part 6
I know, I know! Here we are at Part 6 of looking at these shields in York Minster, and we're not done yet!What makes it worse (at least to me) is that I'm not entirely sure that I managed to photograph...
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The Great Stone Shields of York Minster, Part 7
Continuing our look at the stone shields flanking the (many!) archways inside York Minster (we're coming near the last of them, I promise!), today we see the following:On the left, the attributed arms...
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The Great Stone Shields of York Minster, the Final Part
See, I told you we'd come to an end of these shields flanking the many archways inside York Minster! And here we are, down to the last of them. (Or at least, the last of the ones that I photographed...
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Some Military and Civic Heraldry
There is a section of York Minster that displays some English military and foreign civic heraldry in a combined display and memorial.The military heraldry is that of The 14th West Yorkshire Regiment,...
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