Not just one thing after another: From what happen, to big heritage ideas to questions for the Gathering Place discussions

An arial view of the Castle and Eye of York during the 100 years when the area currently home to the Castle Car Park was home to a large prison.
History is not just a list of facts. History is interpretation, debate and discussion. But the list of ‘facts’ for the Castle and Eye of York is pretty impressive, shocking and important.

In this series of three blogs – published to launch in the Gathering Place summer programme – we look at the potted histories of the area, draw out the big heritage ideas to work with and identify the key question raised for developing the open brief for the new public area.

The Castle and Eye of York: A very quick account of 2000 years of change
The Castle and Eye of York: Big Heritage Ideas
The Castle and Eye of York: Key questions the area’s past poses for its future

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