Places to see in ( York - UK )
Places to see in ( York - UK )
York is a walled city in northeast England that was founded by the ancient Romans. Its huge 13th-century Gothic cathedral, York Minster, has medieval stained glass and 2 functioning bell towers. The City Walls form a walkway on both sides of the River Ouse. The Monk Bar gate houses an exhibition tracing the life of 15th-century Plantagenet King Richard III.
York is a historic walled city at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The municipality is the traditional county town of Yorkshire to which it gives its name. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events in England throughout much of its two millennia of existence. The city offers a wealth of historic attractions, of which York Minster is the most prominent, and a variety of cultural and sporting activities making it a popular tourist destination for millions.
The city was founded by the Romans as Eboracum in 71 AD. It became the capital of the Roman province of Britannia Inferior, and later of the kingdoms of Northumbria and Jórvík. In the Middle Ages, York grew as a major wool trading centre and became the capital of the northern ecclesiastical province of the Church of England, a role it has retained.
In the 19th century, York became a hub of the railway network and a confectionery manufacturing centre. In recent decades, the economy of York has moved from being dominated by its confectionery and railway-related industries to one that provides services. The University of York and health services have become major employers, whilst tourism has become an important element of the local economy.
Alot to see in ( York - UK ) such as :
National Railway Museum
York Minster
Jorvik Viking Centre
York Castle Museum
York Dungeon
York Castle
York Museum Gardens
Yorkshire Museum
Merchant Adventurers' Hall
The Shambles
York Cold War Bunker
Barley Hall
Yorkshire Air Museum
Richard III Experience at Monk Bar
Snickelways of York
York Art Gallery
Rowntree Park
Yorkshire Museum of Farming
Bar Convent
York's Chocolate Story
Treasurer's House, York
Fairfax House
St Mary's Abbey, York
Shambles Market
Holy Trinity Church, Goodramgate, York
DIG: an archaeological adventure
Mansion House, York
St Wilfrid's, York
Roman Walls
Goddards House and Garden
The Deanery
Dean's Park
West Bank Park
The Ghost Trail Of York
The Yorkshire Regiment
York Army Museum
National Railway Museum Car Park
St Mary’s Church
Roman Column
Holgate Windmill
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York, England - Roman Legions to Medieval Minster
The walled city of York, England is said to be one of the most haunted cities in England. Roman Legions built the town nearly two-thousand years ago as part of the Roman conquest of Britannia. Later Vikings and still later Norman's would occupy the city. In the year 306, Constantine was proclaimed Emperor of Rome in York. In 1220, construction of York Minster Cathedral began. The Gothic Cathedral is the largest in Northern Europe. York has some of the best preserved buildings from the Middle Ages and is one of the most visited places in the United Kingdom..
York, England: Medieval England's Second City
More info about travel to York: York, England, offers a fascinating collection of great sights mixed with an easygoing pedestrian ambience all lassoed within its formidable wall. It is home to York Minster, Britain's largest Gothic church, which brilliantly shows that the late Middle Ages were far from dark.
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England's Bath and York
Rick Steves' Europe Travel Guide | In Bath, we visit the Georgian House and Roman baths, learn even more about this elegant spa town on a free town walk, drop in on the Fashion Museum and the Museum of Bath at Work, and chuckle our way through the Bizarre Bath street-theater walk. In York, we visit the majestic York Minster, the slice-of-life Yorkshire Museum, and the fun, hands-on National Railway Museum.
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York England Tour
York England Tour. This video features a concise guide to York, emphasising things to see and do, as well as relate some local history pertaining to many of the historic structures in the city centre.
A Victorian Railway Station Today
Today’s station sits on the East Coast Mainline (ECML) that runs trains from London Kings Cross to Edinburgh as well as incorporating other routes to the South-West, Harrogate, Kingston Upon Hull and Scarborough. The current station was designed by Thomas Prosser and William Peachey and originally had 13 platforms. York station is a principal stop in the north of England providing access to the rail network. During the 1960’s the Beaching cuts axed many of the unprofitable branch lines. Prior to this, you could travel to almost anywhere by rail including rural villages.
Micklegate Bar was a prominent gateway into the city. On the approach to the bar is a stretch of straight road known as Blossom Street and The Mount. Straight roads are typical for a Roman road such as this one. Today they are adorned with properties of Georgian and Victorian periods, but even in Roman times it was one of the most affluent areas of the city. Also typical to Romans is how they buried there dead alongside roads and this Roman road is no exception to the tradition. This could possibly be because they wanted the dead to hear the living going on with their every day lives.
York St Mary’s Abbey is found in York’s Museum Gardens and is situated next door to the Yorkshire Museum. It was the largest and richest Benedictine abbey in the North of England. Henry VIII had his men pull the abbey down in the Dissolution of the Monasteries during the 1500’s. This was because he wanted to redirect funds towards military purposes and some argue simply for the crown.
York Minster and Cathedral
York Minster is both a Minster and a Cathedral. The word “minster” derives from the latin word “monastarian” and the local monks would go out to teach or minister. The reason why it is also a cathedral is because it has the throne of a Bishop. It derives again from latin “cathedra” and literally means seat, of which in York is the seat of an Arch Bishop.
The Minster’s History
The minister is managed as it were, by a Dean and a Chapter. However, the term minster is used when a church is established in Anglo-Saxon times. Some well known features of the minster is its Rose Window and Chapter House that you find at the rear of the minister. It also has a wide decorated gothic nave that contains a Great East Window that is over 600 years old. It is the largest expanse of stained glass in the country. The five sisters window is located in the north transept that is 52ft high.
York has had a Christian presence since the 4th century but it is believed that it could be earlier due to missionaries sent from Rome. However, the first church on the site was a simple wooden construction built in 627 to baptise the King of Northumbria. Then a more substantial building was constructed that fell into disrepair. In 741 it was destroyed in a fire and another more impressive structure was constructed until it was damaged in 1069 by William the Conqueror. It was destroyed completely by the Danes and rebuilt yet again in 1080.
Walmgate Bar
Walmgate Bar is one of the five main gates to the City of York. Walmgate Bar (or gate) is somewhat unique as it is the most complete in the UK in the sense that it still has its barbican and its portcullis. The barbican is the structure on the outside of the gateway that trapped enemies between the gate of the bar and the gate of the barbican so that missiles could be hurled at them from the walls at the top of the Barbican. The portcullis is the iron grid gate that could be hoisted up and lowered down. The rear of the bar contains a white Elizabethan extension resting on two stone columns. The gate is a cafe and you can enjoy sustenance on the barbican itself.
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York Minster is the largest Gothic church north of the Alps. The current structure was begun on 1220 and took 250 years to complete. While Henry 8th destroyed Englands abbeys, York Minster was not part of a monastery so it was spared.
The origins of the church date back to the 7th c. as chronicled by the Venerable Bede in his History of the English Church and People (AD 731): So King Edwin, with all the nobility and a large number of humbler folk, accepted the faith in the year 627. The King's baptism took place at York on Easter Day, the 12th April, in the church of Saint Peter the Apostle, which the King had built of timber. Soon after, he gave orders to build on the same site a larger and more noble basilica.
A statue of Constantine stands outside the minster. Constantine was visiting York in 306 AD when his father, the emperor, died, so Constantine was declared Emperor of Rome on this very spot (the Minster stands on the site of the Roman imperial headquarters). He was officially crowned in Rome six years later. He went on to legalize Christianity, and within another two years, York got its first bishop.
There is more medieval stained glass in this building than in the rest of England combined. It survived WW2, hidden in stately homes throughout Yorkshire. The stone tracery in the Great West Window represents the sacred heart of Christ, meant to remind people of his love for the world.
In the South Transept, the freshly painted cream-colored ceiling with gold medallions decorating the ribs is a reminder that the roof of this wing was destroyed by a lightning strike in 1984. Some believe the lightning was God’s angry response to the new bishop of York who questioned the literal truth of Jesus’ resurrection. He had been interviewed at a nearby TV studio the night before, leading locals to joke that the lightning occurred “12 hours too late, and 17 miles off-target.
A corridor leads to the Gothic octagonal Chapter House. This was the traditional meeting place for the governing body (or chapter) of the Minster. Visitors are encircled by stained glass while fanciful 13th c. carved heads look down from atop the stalls. The English Parliament actually met here, not in London, starting in 1295 during the reign of Edward I (while he was fighting the Scots nearby) and throughout the reign of Edward II before finally moving to London in the 14th century.
The Great East Window is the largest in England. A massive restoration project on its 311 panels was recently completed in January 2018. The window stretches from Genesis to Revelation, depicting the creation, fall, redemption, and final judgement.
The 18th c. astronomical clock has a pair of knights who strike the hour. A Book of Remembrance below the clock contains the names of 18,000 airmen from bases here in northern England who died in WW2 and to whom the clock was subsequently dedicated.
Steps lead down to the crypt where you can see some of the stone columns and other remains of the Roman fortress that originally stood here. The tomb of St William of York (d. 1154) is actually a Roman sarcophagus that was reused. The so-called Doomstone is a stone carving from the original Norman minster, portraying demons stoking the fires of hell's cauldron.
Parts of the soundtrack were recorded live during our visit. The cacophony of church bells at the beginning of the video summoned the townspeople to worship on Sunday morning. The Gloria in Excelsis was sung by the choir near the beginning of the worship service. The chimes of the astronomical clock were recorded live. The organ music at the end of the video portion (before the photos) was the prelude from the Sunday service. (The music playing during the photo section was not recorded at the church.)
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With David Holt! Sorry David, you are on YouTube for a third time. This is too good a story to resist! November 2016 myself and a friend visited The Treasurer's House in York. We went on the cellar tour where we heard about Harry Martindale's famous encounter with the Column of Roman Soldiers who walked through the cellar where he was working.
Places to see in ( Yorkshire - UK ) Treasurer's House
Places to see in ( Yorkshire - UK ) Treasurer's House
The Treasurer's House in York, North Yorkshire, England is an historic house owned by the National Trust who also maintain its garden. It is located directly to the North of York Minster. The first Treasurer for York Minster was appointed in 1091, but all that remains of his original house is an external wall. The Treasurer was controller of the finances of the Minster but also entertained important guests, which is why he was provided with a grand residence.
The residence served in this capacity until 1547, when the Reformation of the English Church brought the job of Treasurer to an end and the house passed into the hands of the Archbishops of York. Thomas Young, Archbishop between 1561 and 1568, and his descendants are responsible for the structure of house as it is today. In the early 17th century the Young family added the symmetrical front and almost entirely rebuilt the house. In 1617, the Treasurer’s House played host to royalty when Sir George Young entertained King James I. The house then passed through a number of private owners.
Treasurer's House was restored to its present state by Frank Green, a wealthy local industrialist, between 1897 and 1930. The house and its contents were given to the National Trust in 1930, when its owner retired and moved away from York.
Treasurer's House was built directly over one of the main Roman roads leading out of Roman York to the North. During major structural changes, carried out by Green, four Roman column bases were uncovered, one of which remains in-situ in the cellar and one of which was used as a base for a modern set of columns in the main hall.
Treasurer's House is open to the public for a small admission fee, and free to members of the National Trust. The garden and Below Stairs Café are free to enter. Cellar and attic tours are available, depending on the time of year.
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York England - Abbey and Town
York England - Abbey and Town
Travel & Weekend - Roman Baths - Bath - London - Uk - Leisury TV
Roman Bath is the original constructed by Ancient Roman and it is located in the center of Bath, few steps from Bath Abbey. The first shrine at the site of the hot springs was built by Celts, and was dedicated to the goddess Sulis, whom the Romans identified with Minerva. The spring was discovered in in 836 BC by the British king Bladud who built the first baths. Romans built the Temple in 60-70 AD and the bathing complex was gradually built up over the next 300 years.The spring is now housed in 18th-century buildings, designed by architects John Wood, the Elder and John Wood, the Younger, father and son. Visitors drank the waters in the Grand Pump Room, a neo-classical salon which remains in use, both for taking the waters and for social functions. Victorian expansion of the baths complex followed the neo-classical tradition established by the Woods. In 1810 the Hot Springs failed and William Smith opened up the Hot Bath Spring to the bottom, where he found that the spring had not failed but had flowed into a new channel. Smith restored the water to its original course and the Baths filled in less time than formerly. The Grand Pump Room was begun in 1789 by Thomas Baldwin. He resigned in 1791 and John Palmer continued the scheme until its completion in 1799.The elevation on to Abbey Church Yard has a centre piece of four engaged Corinthian columns with entablatures and pediment. It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building. The north colonnade was also designed by Thomas Baldwin. The south colonnade is similar but had an upper floor added in the late 19th century. The museum and Queen's Bath including the Bridge spanning York Street to the City Laundry were by Charles Edward Davis in 1889. Presented by Gladys Powney.
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