Ancient_and_modern_York_a_guide

150 ANCIETTT AJTD
which is in the centre of the vast county of York, with
great lines to the north, south, east, and west. It is now
possible to perform a journey from York to London and
back again, in twenty-three hours ; allowing an hour for the
transaction of business; and all these facilities will, no
doubt, induce many to visit York, who hitherto have only
been acquainted, by hearsay, with its many antiquities.
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A new post-office was built in 1840, in Lendal. The
building is plain, but commodious and well arranged.
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A new stamp office was erected in 1839, in Petergate,
a short distance from the old office.
JHtrrhants' HaE
This hall, the property of the Merchants' Company,
contains two large antique apartments, the interior one of
which is ornamented with portraits. The use of the rooms
is, with the greatest liberality, readily given by the com
pany to their fellow citizens, whenever they are required
for any unobjectionable public purpose.
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In the spring of 1841, the foundation of a new Police
office and lock-up, with a Stall-house attached, was laid on
a vacant piece of ground adjoining the new Fish-market ;
which is readily approached from Thursday-market, Churchstreet,
Parliament-street, Shambles, and Colliergate.
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The wills' office for the province of York, occupies a small
building attached to the west-side of the south entrance to
the Cathedral; which, with questionable taste, was enlarged
in the year 1838; but there is no communication between
it and the Minster. In the report of the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners, printed in 1832, the building is thus de
scribed, " It is not fire-proof. It is free from damp ; and
it is so far safe as any building not positively fire-proof
can be considered so. It is commodious but not suffici