the shambles york, britain ΧΡΙΣΤΙΝΑ ΚΥΡΑΝΟΥ. the shambles york’s oldest street...
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The ShamblesYork, Britain
ΧΡΙΣΤΙΝΑ ΚΥΡΑΝΟΥ
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The Shambles York’s oldest street
Europe’s best preserved medieval street
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The word Shambles originates from the Medieval word Shamel, which means bench.It was a street of butchers’ shops and houses.
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In 1872 there were 26 butchers on the street. Livestock was also slaughtered on the Shambles, meat served over what are now the shop window bottoms, the Shamels.
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The pavements on either side of the street are raised up to create a channel where butchers would wash their waste through.
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Narrow, cobbled street lined with wooden-framed buildings, some 600 years old (since 14th century).
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Wooden-framed buildings
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They lean together in the middle with roofs that are so close they almost touch.
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The Shambles won the award for Britain’s Most Picturesque Street 2010 in the Google Street view awards.
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It is one of UK’s most
visited streets and has a variety of shopping, tourist attractions, restaurants and many other things to see and do like tours, ghost walks, historic talks.
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