York & York Minster
York Minster was built between the 12th and the 15th Century and is the largest Gothic church in England. It is 524 feet (160m) long and 249 feet (76m) wide. The height from floor to vault is over 90 feet (27m).The twin west towers are about 184 feet (56m) high, and the lantern tower 234 feet (71m). A visit to the Central Tower offers excellent views over the city. The Foundations Museum under the Minster shows how the present building was constructed on the site of a Norman Cathedral, which was itself built on a Roman Fort. Voluntary guides are usually on duty from 09.30 (10.00 in winter) until approximately half an hour before evensong. Two million people visit York Minster every year, whether as tourists or pilgrims.
Micklegate Bar Museum, York
The 800-year-old royal gateway toYork, set in the city walls, being the sight where traitors' heads were displayed. The museum portrays a civil and social insight into the history of York through scenic, graphic and tableaux format and orientates the visitor to the city.
York Castle Museum, York
England's most popular museum of everyday life including reconstructed streets and period rooms, costume and jewellery, arms and armour, craft workshops. Special exhibition - 'From Cradle to Grave' - an exhibition focusing o the traditions and practices surrounding birth, marriage and death in England from the years 1700-2000. Experience life as a Victorian. Walk down cobbled streets and peer through windows of shops long gone. Take a journey through four hundred years of life in Britain, from parlours to prisons, marriages to the mill house. Discover a city at war and stumble into an underworld of highwaymen.
Richard III Museum, York
Was Richard III, King of England, 1483-1485, and the last King of the House of York, an evil, hunchbacked monster, guilty of the brutal murder of the Princess in the Tower? Or was he just a loyal and courageous ruler, unfairly maligned by biased historians, but still respected in York for his progressive deeds? The museum allows the visitor to decide whether 'Tricky Dicky' was guilty or innocent by reconstructing a modern-day trial, presenting the case for and against England's most notorious king. Afterwards, the visitor is invited to pass sentence in the comments book. The RICHARD III MUSEUM is housed in MONK BAR, one of York's four Medieval Gatehouses. The building has a strong Richard III connection, as Richard himself added its top storey in 1484, allegedly supervising its construction and paying for it out of his own money.
Brontë Parsonage - Haworth - Yorkshire
The Brontės were an extraordinary family. Charlotte, Emily and Anne wrote some of the greatest novels in the English language, including Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Haworth Parsonage was their lifelong home, while its moorland setting provided them with inspiration. Today, the museum contains period rooms with original furnishings, displays of their personal treasures, pictures, clothes and manuscripts, and an exhibition interpreting their lives and works.
Captain Cook's birthplace - Whitby - Yorkshire
Captain James Cook material, nationally-important collection of fossils, ship models, Whitby jet ornaments. Section on pioneering arctic scientist, whaling captain and clergyman, William Scoresby Jnr, FRS. Fine ethnographic collection, local geology, archaeology and natural history. Bygones, costumes, ceramics, dolls and toys and militaria.
Whitby Museum
This handsome 17th harbourside house is where the great explorer, James Cook, came to serve his apprenticeship in Whitby in the year 1746. It belonged to Cook's master, the Quaker shipowner, Captain John Walker. When the young Cook was not at sea, he lodged here in the attic with Walker's 'other family' of apprentices. The house is now a museum celebrating Cook's Whitby years and his later achievements. The rich collection includes period rooms - furnished as Cook knew them - and models, maps and manuscripts, ships plans, artefacts from the voyages. A 'must' for Cook fans.
HM Endeavour
The authentic replica of HM Endeavour - which was sailed by Captain James Cook during his scientific expedition of 1768 -has been traditionally built by craftsmen and stands in the water some 40% of the ships original size. The 'bark' construction of steamed larch planks fastened to a solid oak frame is complemented with traditional masts and rigging, which makes the ship quite unique!
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Browside Farmhouse
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Cononley
Skipton
Yorkshire
England
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Londive
Montrave Home Farm
Leven
Fife
Scotland
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