York is another cathedral city located in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman origins, It has many historic buildings and other structures, including the York Minster, castle and York City Walls, all of which are Grade I listed.
Yet another park and ride city, the bus drops us off on Clifford Street, and even before coming off the bus you can see the massive medieval buildings.
We then walked up the street onto Coppergate then onto pavement street, where we went and check out Gregg’s for the first time.
After refuling at we went up Shambles a little side street, with older style building like they were from harry potter.
This street was busy with tourist shopping, there were shops like The Shop That Must Not Be Named, The Nutcracker Christmas shop and the Potions Academy.
Then we went to the Shambles Market, where they were more things on sale.
Our journey then took us down High Petegate street where there were more Souvenir shop, and then evenyually we made it to the York Minister.
York Minster, formally the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter in York, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. The minster is the seat of the archbishop of York, the second-highest office of the Church of England and is the mother church for the diocese of York and the province of York.
Form the minister we took a path through Dean’s Park which is a lovely park where people seem to enjoy a good picnic. We walked for a little making our way around the park eventually finding an entry to the City Wall at Monk Bar, where we climbed onto the wall.
The walk down the city wall had some nice views, and it took us passed Tower 32 and we exited the wall at Layerthorpe Bridge.
Taking Peasholme Grn we came across a hunted Garden, St Anthony’s Garden and the York Ghost Merchants.
The garden had statues made out of wire places around the garden, to give the a ghost like illusion.
After which we found ourselves on Fosgate Street crossing the Fosgate bridge. Where we visited the St Dennys’s Church, and made our way back across the river.
Our last stop for this adventure would be the Clifford’s Tower, and then we made it back to the bus stop.
Clifford’s Tower built between 1245 and 1272 for Henry III, was first known as the King’s Tower, and later Clifford’s Tower. There are two explanations offered for the origin of the later name. It has been cited as evidence that the Clifford family claimed that the post of constable to be hereditary. Others suggest that it refers to Roger Clifford, 2nd Baron Clifford, who was involved in a rebellion against Edward II. He was executed after the Battle of Boroughbridge in 1322 and his body hung on a gibbet at the castle. The first recorded use of the name “Clifford’s Tower” was in 1596 in correspondence about a scandal involving a gaoler who was selling stone from part of the building he had demolished.
You can see more photos of York Here.