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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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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timbarber
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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timbarber
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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timbarber
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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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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timbarber
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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timbarber
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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timbarber
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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timbarber
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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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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timbarber
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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timbarber
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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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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