The only street in York to be mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 was the Shambles. The half-timbered building next to the Golden Fleece on Pavement once belonged to Sir Thomas Herbert, friend of Charles I who kept him company the night before his execution. The Yorkshire Museum was designed by William Wilkins who also designed the National Gallery in London. The city walls are three miles long and are the best preserved in England. The observatory in Museum Gardens once housed the largest refracting telescope in the world. | 
