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The street has a long history of Catholic worship, with a house, probably 7 Little Blake Street, occupied by a priest as early as 1688, and by 1764, 170 Catholics were meeting in a chapel there, dedicated to St Wilfrid. In 1806, it was sold to the
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lay on its north-western side. It was widened in 1785 to 15 feet, and then in 1864 to more than 100 feet. This led to the demolition of most of the existing buildings on what was then
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Almost all the buildings on the street are listed. The north-west side is dominated by the
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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York, Volume 5, Central
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York
53°57′42″N 1°05′04″W / 53.9617°N 1.0844°W / 53.9617; -1.0844
Blake Street
Museum Street
St Leonard's Place
High Petergate
Minster Yard
Precentor's Court
York
St Leonard's Hospital
Minster Close
Augustus Duncombe
Dean of York
freemasons
York Oratory

Blake Street
Museum Street
St Leonard's Place
York Minster
Petergate
Minster Yard
Precentor's Court
York Minster
York railway station
York Oratory
The Red House
York Dispensary
Masonic Hall

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