The Shambles, York. by artaddict2

Photography • Historical • posted on Sep 10, 2007

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The word Shambles comes from an Anglo-Saxon word Shammels or Fleshammels literaly meaning Flesh shelves. The shambles was an open air Meat Market where the butchers would prepare and hang their meat from the Medieval wooden stuctures. York boasts that this is the most visited street in Europe ! Offal and blood would flow down the street and hygeine conditions would have been quite disgusting to people of today. There is a shrine to St.Margaret Clitherow located in Number 10 The Shambles. She met a gruesome Martyrdom for being a Catholic in a newly Protestant England in 1586 Thanks for taking a look. and thanks for previous comments.

Comments (12)

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Silvra

3:25PM | Mon, 10 September 2007

Wunderbare Aufnahme und so gute Details, besonders das Holz, excellent!!!!!

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SSoffia

3:29PM | Mon, 10 September 2007

EXCELLENT CAPTURE , COLORS & BEAUTIFUL !!!!!

MrsLubner

3:39PM | Mon, 10 September 2007

A wonderful look into the past from the present. Good job.

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weesel

4:19PM | Mon, 10 September 2007

Great capture. The connection of 'shambles' with the older connotation of a slaughterhouse/butchers' market is often forgotten. Not just a 'mess' as the meaning seems to have been watered down to, but a very special messy sort of mess! ;-)

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doarte

5:33PM | Mon, 10 September 2007

excellent work

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rainbows

6:09PM | Mon, 10 September 2007

A wonderful shot, Alan. York is a very beautiful city. Diane.

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NefariousDrO

8:23PM | Mon, 10 September 2007

Beautiful photo. What a lovely building on a very interesting corner. Interesting history to this neighborhood, too!

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RobyHermida

8:46PM | Mon, 10 September 2007

Fantastic ! Roby ;O)

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gargoyle84

9:48PM | Mon, 10 September 2007

Wonderful shot! Very interesting history, too! Thanks for sharing! :^)

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mickuk50

2:53AM | Tue, 11 September 2007

excellent shot .we have have a shambles aswell in stockton though it has changed over the years mick

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KarmaSong

3:01PM | Wed, 03 October 2007

A very nice capture, really, full of that historical flavour I like so much in England. Thank you for the added interesting narrative about the place.5+++

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