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City Walls - General York
17 Reviews Some sections of YORK CITY WALLS date back to Roman times. When the Romans first came here in the first century A.D., they built a military fort on the banks of the River Ouse. Strong walls were built...
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City - Miscellaneous York
26 Reviews I loved York! We walked and walked everywhere. People are friendly, there is so much to see and do here and we have to go back :-) I am only staying in England temporally, so will not probably get to...
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Shambles York
4 Reviews When I first laid my eyes upon THE SHAMBLES, I felt like I had been transported back to the Elizabethan period. Here was this incredibly cute, narrow and cobbled medieval street, the oldest street in...
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Minster York
19 Reviews Constantine was the Roman Emperor responsible for the legalization of Christianity within the Roman Empire. His relatively long reign (306-337) restored stability to the Empire, and he is also...
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Yorkshire Musem, Gardens, Etc. York
10 Reviews 10 acres of beautiful gardens in the centre of York, it's a nice place for walking or having a picnic. It's a big park with flowers, trees and lawns. It also contains The Yorkshire Museum, and the...
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Clifford's Tower York
5 Reviews We climbed to the top of Cliffords Tower for a great view of the city of York... We could see the extent of the floods from up there too which was interesting... The kids were having a great time...
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Riverside York
8 Reviews Take a riverside walk. At some parts of the river you can only walk on one side or the other, and at other bits you can walk on either side. The riverside walk runs right down out of the city towards...
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Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate York
2 Reviews The longest street name in York, and the shortest street. 35 meters long. One web site I looked at explained that the name derives from what was originally a longer expression that had the meaning of...
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Walmgate Bar York
2 Reviews This bar is interesting for its portcullis and gate and also for the remaining Barbican, built in the reign of Edwarxd III, - the only surviving one in York. The wood and plaster on the inner side is...
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Merchant Adventurer's Hall York
3 Reviews see the fabulous old buildings in York. One of the finest is The Hall Of The Merchant Adveturer in Fossgate. Dating from around 1357 this has a fine interior and exterior. As suggested by their name,...
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Eating & Drinking York
6 Reviews Mmm... doughnuts! Whilst walking around York I passed many bakeries before I could resist no longer and went into one in the Shambles. They had so many different pastries and sweet bread stuff to...
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Unknown York
2 Reviews There are lots of street entertainers in York including a juggler in St Helen's Square, a wonderful guitarist in Kings Square and a piano player who plays his piano in the street opposite the Minster.
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Festivals & Events York
4 Reviews Each year around the second weekend in September Ebor and Acorn Morris invite traditional dance groups from around the country to dance in York. A procession from the Guidhall and Mansion House starts...
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Surroundings York
3 Reviews This is the Corn Exchange building...I just liked the look of it so I couldn't help but take a photo...such a weird building... ;) I really don't know the 'story' behind the building so if you know it...
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Shopping York
4 Reviews One memory I have is going into a china shop in the middle of town. All the famous makers were there from Wedgwood to Spode. Anyway, the building it was in must have been at least 400 years old if not...
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Monk Bar York
4 Reviews This was the tallest and most heavily fortified gateway in medieval York. It was constructed around 1330. Just east of the Minster, on Goodramgate. Inside is a small museum portraying the story of...
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Walks, Tours, Etc York
3 Reviews Here are some useful numbers for visitors to York. The STD code for all is 01904. Bus information - 551400 Left luggage service - 656161 National Rail Enquiries - 08457 484950 NHS Walk in Centre...
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Treasurer's House York
1 Review Much of the furniture is French, including a dressing table belonging to Louis XVI. Each room is of a different period. You will find it close to the Minster's North east corner. Chapter House. You...
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Sport York
1 Review Check out a game of soccer...err football...if you are interested in that sort of stuff... ;) I didn't get to a game but my boyfriend made sure he saw two big games while we were in England, one in...
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Bootham Bar York
1 Review ...no not the watering hole variety (although there are plenty of those too !) the gates or entrances to York are known as bars Thethe four principal entrances to the city around the city walls of...
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Red Tower York
1 Review Red tower marks the temination of the city walls - and once upon a time marked the beginning of an impassable swamp area. The tower suffered from the battle ravages of the siege of 1644 and has...
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My favourite Swaledale village, tiny Gunnerside has spectacular views of the surrounding fells and into the rest of the dale. On top of that, one of my favourite Yorkshire village pubs where sheep come past on the main road. Heaven!
The Atlas Fountain is my favorite feature of the formal gardens at Castle Howard. It dates from the middle of the 19th century, and is the work of sculptor John Thomas. It was part of an expensive and far-reaching scheme of landscape design created by William Andrews Nesfield for the 7th Earl of Carlisle in the 1850s. He ended up spending close to 10,000 pounds for Nesfield's plans - the equivalent of millions in today's currency.
The Temple of the Four Winds was one of my favorite attractions on the grounds of Castle Howard. It's a kind of "folly" that the 3rd Earl of Carlisle asked his architect Vanbrugh to design for him - I guess for picnics, or just as a place to "get away from it all."
The Obelisk was the first major "monument" in Castle Howard to be raised, in 1714-15. It follows the neo-classical urge to create memorial pillars in the Roman style. It stands in the center of the main drive leading up to the Castle's grounds.There are two inscriptions on the Obelisk. One is in Latin, and commemorates the recent victories of the Duke of Marlborough in the War of the Spanish Succession. The other is in English, and is a statement of pride by the man responsible for the building of the castle, Charles Howard, the 3rd Earl of Carlisle. An excerpt:If to perfection these plantations riseIf they agreeably my heirs surpriseThis faithful pillar will their age declareAs long as time these characters shall spareHere then with kind remembrance read his nameWho for posterity perform'd the sameCharles the III Earl of Carlisle. . .
I just love this, the broadest of the Yorkshire Dales with its sweeping vistas and farms dotting the landscape. It is the Yorkshire of my dreams and I keep coming back.
Guy Fawkes Inn York
4 Reviews and 232 Opinions We went to the pub new years gay. I ordered the fish and chips and found a lump of metal in the...
Fairhaven Country Hotel Whitby
2 Reviews and 54 Opinions We spent one night at the Fairhaven Hotel as wished we could have stayed longer. Excellent hotel...
The Crescent Hotel Scarborough
3 Reviews and 172 Opinions The Crescent was our Hotel for this years Rotary Conference. Hote, rooms, staff, food were of the...
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