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The street called Lendal cuts down from Museum Street to St Helen's Square - marking the entrance to the Roman city - and the York institution that is Betty's tearooms, where you're close to a couple of impressive historic buildings. The Georgian Mansion House (1725), in St Helen's Square, is the private home of the city's mayor, and is consequently open only to guided tours by prior arrangement (call 01904/551049). However, you can visit the 600-year-old Guildhall (May-Oct Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 2-5pm; Nov-April Mon-Fri 9am-5pm; free) behind, which was almost totally destroyed by bombing in 1942, but has since been restored to a near identical replica of its original, timber-roofed state. From St Helen's Square, Stonegate leads northeast towards the Minster, a street as ancient as the city itself. Originally the Via Praetoria of Roman York, it's now paved with thick flags of York stone, which were once carried along here to build the Minster, hence the street name. Guy Fawkes' parents lived on Stonegate (there's a plaque opposite the Mulberry Hall shop).
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