BRIEF HISTORY DURING THE SNOW ERA (1813-58)

York Gate was named in the early 1800s after the Duke of York, brother of the future King George IV (then Prince Regent).  The name applies both to a gate to the south side of Regent's Park and to a short street that leads from Marylebone Road, opposite St. Marylebone Church, to Regent's Park.  

York Gate serves as one of four gates to Regent's Park, namely the south gate. The other three gates are Hanover Gate (the west gate), Macclesfield Bridge (the north gate) and Gloucester Gate (the east gate).   

The street York Gate is shown at the bottom left corner of cell H 11 of Reynolds's 1859 map. 

Source:  Weinreb B, Hibbert C (eds). The London Encyclopaedia, 1993.

View of York Gate in 1829 Click here to see street to St. Marylebone Church

Site in Davies' London Map of 1843 Click here to see more details 16 years earlier

Old Ordnance Survey Maps of 1870 Click here to see more details 11 years later