King's Square It is hard to believe, among the bustle of busy shoppers, that we are standing where the kings of Northumbria and the Danish Kingdom had their residence between 626 and 954AD. Egil Skallagrim, a tenth century Icelandic warrior and bard mentions 'King's Garth' in a saga written after a visit to York. Until its demolition in 1937, the dominating feature here was the Church Of The Holy Trinity In The King's Court; now only fragments of the gravestones remain.