York is a small
northern English city with over 2,000 years of history, offering a treasure-trove
of medieval wealth from Roman and Viking ages. The Romans knew it as Eboracum and the Saxons
called it Eoforwick. The Vikings who came as invaders, stayed in
settlements and called it Jorvik. Markets reside in the same
squares and stalls they have occupied for hundreds of years, selling the latest
goods. Streets and lanes are scattered with black and white
half-timbered buildings (the Shambles).
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| The York Wall |
Consecrated in 1472,
this beautiful building took 250 years to build and contains England’s greatest
concentration of medieval stained glass including the great east window which,
at 2002 square feet, is thought to be the largest area of stained glass in the
world.
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| Clifford's Tower |
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