Johannes Gutenberg introduced the printing press to Europe after tinkering with the Chinese invention towards the middle of the 15th-century. It would take several more decades before this revolutionary mechanism found its way to the British Isles. It wouldn’t be until the 1500s when the city of York got its first printing press. The street of Stonegate was the designated area for print-shops and book stores. Like many businesses at that time, a wooden effigy or signpost would be displayed at the entrance to indicate the type of vocation within….
