Chris and Greg’s Travel Blog

York

We have had a great day wandering the historic streets & city walls of York. We joined a walking tour this morning to learn about the history of York starting in AD71 when the Romans built a fort near the River Ouse.

Bootham Bar at one corner of the city wall. Bar (as in barrier) means gate.
The art gallery built in the Victorian era.
King’s manor now used by the university.
King’s manor courtyard
Sandi our walking tour guide with the city wall in the background. The Romans built the wall around their fort but after the Romans left England, the Vikings came in & restored the wall & made it higher.
A defensive tower in the corner of the wall.
York museum
The ruins of St Mary’s abbey,
A patch of wildflowers on the site of an ancient battle.
On top of the wall.
View from top of the wall with York minster in the background.
York Minster (cathedral) looks just like Lincoln cathedral!!
Monk Bar (gate)
In 1664, a couple of years prior to the Great Fire of London, a new law was introduced in York where all new buildings had to be made of bricks to reduce the fire danger. This was the first brick building.
This street was built in Roman times.
The York Minster
The Shambles is an historic street that inspired JK Rawlings to create Diagonal Alley in Harry Potter.
The Shambles originally housed 35 butchers. The street is very narrow to give shade to those butcher shops who all had their meat out in the open.
The higher levels of the buildings overhang the lower levels. This type of building was called jettying & was done to gain more floor space.
A Harry Potter shop,
Clifford’s Tower, built by William the Conqueror to control the north.
Oh Lordy so many steps, this had better be worth it!
View from the top.
What goes up must come down.
Along the River Ouse
Quite possibly some Avian Influenza here.
Dylan the English bulldog is 5 years old & weighs 32kg. What a beauty!
Some interesting pub names.
A staple of the English diet – battered, battered or battered!!
Beautiful hydrangeas over here. 😍
A bloomer is a crusty loaf of bread. And a bap is a bread roll. I thought we spoke the same language??

Chris Gordon

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