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At this location once stood a supermarket where Loy worked (Alondra and Castlegate in Compton). Loy and Bruce lived behind the market in a small duplex.
Castlegate Square in Aberdeen, now regarded as the centre of the City, with the Market Cross here from 1686, and Statue of the 5th Duke of Gordon from 1844.
Aberdeen Castle was here from the 1100s to early 1300s when it was destroyed during the War with England.
This was the area for Markets and Public Hangings that attracted huge crowds.
The last Woman Hanged in Aberdeen was Catherine Davidson in front of tens of thousands of people in 1830, after being found guilty of Poisoning her Husband.
The last man to be Hanged in Public in Aberdeen was John Booth in 1857 for stabbing his mother in law dead.
1963 - Henry John Burnett was the last man Hanged in Scotland, at Craiginches Prison in Aberdeen for shooting dead his wifes lover.
Fairfax House, Castlegate, York, 1755-62.
By John Carr of York (1723-1807).
For Viscount Fairfax of Emley.
Grade l listed.
The Kitchen.
Fairfax House is a triumph of Georgian design. Bought by Charles Gregory, 9th Viscount Fairfax of Emley, for £2000 in 1759, he employed master architect John Carr of York to transform the existing building into a magnificent and fashionable townhouse. Lord Fairfax gifted the house to his sole surviving child making Anne Fairfax a property-owning woman in her own right.
Here both Anne and her Father spent the winter season. Standing on the thriving street of Castlegate, the main thoroughfare to York Castle, and sitting on the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss, Fairfax House was at the very centre of York’s polite society and perfectly positioned as a base from which to enjoy York’s burgeoning city-life and social scene.
Fairfax House, Castlegate, York, 1755-62.
By John Carr of York (1723-1807).
For Viscount Fairfax of Emley.
Grade l listed.
The Dining Room.
Fairfax House is a triumph of Georgian design. Bought by Charles Gregory, 9th Viscount Fairfax of Emley, for £2000 in 1759, he employed master architect John Carr of York to transform the existing building into a magnificent and fashionable townhouse. Lord Fairfax gifted the house to his sole surviving child making Anne Fairfax a property-owning woman in her own right.
Here both Anne and her Father spent the winter season. Standing on the thriving street of Castlegate, the main thoroughfare to York Castle, and sitting on the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss, Fairfax House was at the very centre of York’s polite society and perfectly positioned as a base from which to enjoy York’s burgeoning city-life and social scene.
Castlegate, York.
Queen Victoria Pillar Box.
By Andrew Handyside & Co, Ironfounders of Derby & London.
Pillar Boxes.
Following their introduction in 1852, early pillar box design varied from region to region until a national standard box was introduced in 1859 for use throughout the country. Over the following 150 years, new types were designed to meet varying public and operational needs. The iconic red cylindrical pillar box first appeared in 1879, and with some modifications, the design remains in use today.