It always makes me ask, whenever I see a coat of arms (or a heraldry-like logo) and can tell you right away whose coat of arms (or logo) it ...

Arriving at York Minster,* formally the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, one of the things that you notice is a f...

The wonderful Minster of York. We found it is an heraldic whiz Just brimming with co-oats of arms. I'm sorry about the title (and the fi...

I just love it when two (or more) of my interests come together in a single package! In this specific instance, it was the combination of se...

The other way to get to the Merchant Adventurers Hall in York is to go via the Gatehouse on Fossgate. Not as old as the Merchant Adventurers...

There are two way by which to get to the historic Merchant Adventurers Hall in York. Definition: A Merchant Adventurer was someone who riske...

Plus, the dreaded "empty cartouche"! Following on our last post containing some "heraldry-adjacent" business logos, toda...

Of course, the Cross Keys (which we saw last time) is not the only business, or even the only type of business, to be identified in York, En...

The Cross Keys pub gets a brief mention in the "Public House Signs" section of the book  Heraldry and the Buildings of York , noti...

Well, today is Thanksgiving Day here in the United States, a major holiday where we take a day off from work and celebrate (or not) with fam...