Twenty-eight Pavement holds a distinctive narrow facade, squeezed between larger neighbors with a shop front that opens directly onto the street. In the middle of the eighteenth century, this building served as the home and workspace of Thomas Gent, a printer who defied the local establishment by publishing his own histories of York. While the city authorities held a monopoly on printing, Gent operated his press from these rooms, secretly churning out pamphlets and books that captured the city’s eccentric life.
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