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This Medieval City Was a Viking Fortress, a Wool-trading Center, and a Railway Hub — and Now It's the Perfect History-focused Getaway
A Roman fortress, then a Viking stronghold ... Among its most iconic landmarks are York Castle (built after the 11th-century Norman conquest), the spectacular Gothic cathedral of York Minster ...
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York's Viking Hotel in 1968 - first new hotel in 90 years
The image - from our Press archive - shows Bill Rogan and Bill Hudson fitting a sign on the new Viking Hotel in York. Officially opening on January 1, 1969, the hotel became the second tallest ...
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Rick Steves’ Europe: York, the capital of England’s North
We have New York, but England has old York, one of the country’s top tourist destinations outside of London. The town offers ...
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A Viking Sock from Coppergate, York ©YAT
The band may have been a decorative edge, or the beginning of a red-coloured leg of a longer stocking. This object is on display at JORVIK Viking Centre.
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Vale of York Hoard
Why was the hoard buried? Around AD 920 Britain was divided into a southern Anglo-Saxon kingdom and the Viking kingdom of Northumbria, with its capital in York. The hoard probably belonged to a ...
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Is Yorkshire Britain's REAL food capital? We took part in a culinary tour through York to put the claim to the test
York is an unmissable destination for history lovers. But while the hordes of excited children wearing horned helmets for the annual Jorvik Viking Festival prove the heritage factor remains a ...