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York’s Ingram Hospital – a 17th century almshouse with a Norman doorway

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Nov 193 min read

York’s Ingram Hospital – a 17th century almshouse with a Norman doorway

It turns out it was called Ingram Hospital and is one of York’s most important mid-seventeenth century buildings.

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Sep 8, 20232 min read

York Unlocked Weekend returns for 2023

York Unlocked 2023 on the weekend of 7 and 8 October 2023 will see the doors thrown open to around 70 fabulous buildings FREE of charge....

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Prince William of Hatfield – York Minster’s only Royal tomb

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Mar 20, 20233 min read

Prince William of Hatfield – York Minster’s only Royal tomb

You would think that Northern Europe’s largest Gothic cathedral and England’s second most important religious building would be home to a...

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York Minster's Bell Founders Window - a blatant medieval advertisement

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Oct 20, 20223 min read

York Minster's Bell Founders Window - a blatant medieval advertisement

York Minster is unique in the fact that it holds over 60% of all the medieval stained glass in England and the largest collection of...

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Sunny side up: Some of the best breakfast spots in York

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Sep 23, 20223 min read

Sunny side up: Some of the best breakfast spots in York

Guest blogger Sean O'Connor takes us through some of his favourite breakfast spots in York... Enjoying a scrumptious breakfast is the...

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Sep 23, 20222 min read

York Minster's Sinister Doomstone

One of the strangest of York Minster’s many statues, monuments and carvings is that of the Doomstone. Sitting in the Crypt below the High...

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The Treasurers House, York – Frank Green’s palace of entertainment

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Jul 12, 20224 min read

The Treasurers House, York – Frank Green’s palace of entertainment

This historic town house with award winning garden in the centre of York has many tales to tell…. But before we start the tale of the...

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Jul 11, 20222 min read

The Tansey Beetle – the Jewel of York

Running driver guiding business, most of my client pick-ups are in York. I must drive past this mural of a bright green beetle, three or...

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Barker Tower – a little tower with a big history

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Jun 11, 20222 min read

Barker Tower – a little tower with a big history

I regularly pass the little round tower known as Barker Tower just to the edge of Lendal Bridge in York whilst taking clients out on...

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York’s Anglian Tower – Top of Historic-UK’s most interesting historical sites in England

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Jan 25, 20223 min read

York’s Anglian Tower – Top of Historic-UK’s most interesting historical sites in England

Hidden away behind York’s library and just outside Museum Gardens is a real historical treasure which I discovered thanks to the author...

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Skosh – a delicious small plate sharing experience in York

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Aug 6, 20213 min read

Skosh – a delicious small plate sharing experience in York

Having arrived back in Yorkshire after a week’s holiday in Northumberland, we still had a Friday off. To end our break in style I had...

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The Multangular Tower - an insight into Roman York

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Apr 5, 20213 min read

The Multangular Tower - an insight into Roman York

With lockdown restrictions starting to ease, I have been lucky over the past week, to have completed 3 virtual tours of York for US...

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Jun 7, 20204 min read

Hungate in York - a brief history

Last year, I was contacted by a property company who had just completed part of a new development of apartments in the Hungate area of...

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May 15, 20203 min read

York celebrates Gentleman Jack...twice!

The popular BBC TV series Gentleman Jack has just been re-commissioned for a series 2 which is sadly on hold during to the Corona Virus...

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In the shadow of York Minster, St. Michael le Belfrey is a real historical gem

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Apr 29, 20203 min read

In the shadow of York Minster, St. Michael le Belfrey is a real historical gem

Being so close to the Minster – St Michael le Belfrey on High Petergate in York often gets overlooked, but it has a wonderful history in...

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