10 Alternative Things To Do In York England

The first picture is not from York but was one of the last I took at Whitby—Met this great guy and thought he rated a top spot—-

thanks for making our trip better with laughter and making us feel welcome too.

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York we weren’t able to see this time

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We started our day (our last full one of this trip in York) at our hotel on St. Maurice’s Road Double Tree by Hilton.  With it’s great location in central york and only yards from our first destination:

 

 

Where once there was a church: St Maurice’s | York Stories

 

 

Bootham Bar

 

 

Bootham Bar

2-4 High Petergate

Do not enter the opening in the wall—rather turn  right and continue until you see the the base of the stairs built into the wall take a left and mount the stairs up to the wall.

A porcullis is on the left (Middle English: from Old French porte coleice ‘sliding door’, from porte ‘door’ (from Latin porta ) + coleice ‘sliding’ (feminine of couleis, from Latin colare ‘to filter’).  and a 19th c wall on the right. The window here is the original, as did’t expect attacks from the York side of the bar.

 

From the top of the steps going up to the bar look down the steps and to the right to see where the wall starts again

Its about 100 meters away from the other side of the road, that York’s corporation built through the walls in 1930s,

 

 

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Then the Statue of  William Etty in the middle of the square

It is said that Etty is shown looking at the bar because he was a leader of the fight to save the walls from destruction by the Corporation and for use as a public path.  He is shown painting as he was a professional artist who did paint the wall, but was better known for his nudes.

 

 

 

and on the right of the  square  the defensive walls of St. Mary’s Abbey

If you go the the 19th c slit window you ccan look out into York along Petersgate,

said to be one of York’s best streets which is added to by it being mostly car free, this street actually follows the line of one of the main road running though the Roman Fort, but not quite as staright as it was in the time of Rome.

You are walking on a Victorian built wall and beside battlements that were built at the same time.

  But the majority of the walls are basically medieval.  They are built on earth ramparts that were started by the Romans and then grew to cover what was left of those originals.

 

About 100 ft before you get to

The Robin Hood Tower

The Robin Tower is Victorian and the small slit windows you see along here would never accommadate the weapons of Medieval England—however the tower does have some items you might be able to use including some benches and a view of the next bit of the wall

 

(At the angle of the corner)  You get your Good first view of the

Minster to the right..

This building took 250 yrs to build so it has windows of all 3 Gothic styles. The “decorated” style of the towers.  The simple spear shaped in the center–closest to the wall, are the oldest of the present Minsters and are early English (1220), the gardens below belong to the dean of the abbey who is in charge of the Minster and its rounds.

 About 250′ further and you come to some steps which you can access .  There’s also another good view of the Minster here.

You can go down to the gardens and then return up the stairs—-or you do the garden another time and continue on the wall If you continue you will come to a 3rd view of the Minster.

The top the next tower is also a Vicorian addition with its small, pretty, but silly when one looks around at it’s location of this tower.

 

 

 

Richard III  Experience at Monk Bar                                                                                 (formerly known as the Richard III Museum)

While the bars is mostly 14th century Richard III did have the top part of the chamber here completed in 1484–probably paying for it himself.  Now it continues to work for Richard and since the discovery of the king’s body within the last few years the museum is now the Richard III experience.

 

There use to be a Heny VII museum at Micklegate Bar but that has been permanently closed.

History of York

The Tudor Troubles

and

Impact of the Reformation

Return to Bootham Bar where you started.  

Named “Eboracum” in Latin—York was at one time the military capital of  Roman Britain

Museum Gardens in 2000 from a hot-air balloon

and traces of Roman garrison buildings are visual along with other palaces in the Yorkshire Museum Gardens.

Now head southeast on High Petergate toward Duncombe Pl

The foundation of York Minster rises from the remains of the principal Roman Garrison headquarters

 Continue onto Low Petergate

Following the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th c an Anglo Saxon town grew up over the ruins of the Roman Fort.

Turn right towards the Shambles

On Christmas Eve 627 AD the North Thursston King Edwin introduced Christianity to the area when he was baptised in a little wooden church in York

Slight left onto the Shambles

 

The Shambles name comes from the butchers that were so prominent the street and means slaughterhouse or meat market and if you can imagion that in the days of lack of hygiene this mondern street left much to be desired for those of us that live in the present days.  There would have been all kinds of animal remnants thrown into it.  On some properties even today you can see the meat hooks outside.  Meat is still sold in the Shambes, although it mainly comes in pasties!  Other shops in today’s street have fudge makers, gift shops and an Earl Grey Tea Rooms where you can sit under the oak beams and sip your teas surrounded by tapestries.

Head South on the Shambles

Europe’s oldest shopping street was mentioned in the Doomsday Book of 1086 and is best known for its period properties that almost touch across the street as the levels go up.

Turn right onto Pavement

Hundreds of years ago these were ordinary homes lived in by people some professional—today it’s streets cater to visitors.  It gets busy as the day goes on and is also tiny so it’s a bit limiting at its peak times.

Turn left onto Coppergate

The walls you just recently walked were once just earth rampats put up by the Viking who once ruled her, to repel raiders.

Turn left onto Coppergate Walk

 

The sights, sounds and even the smell of the Viking Age are brought to life as you enter this next destination which takes you back 1,000 years supported by the findings at the Coppergate dig.

        Destination will be on the right 

 

Jovik Viking Centre   

This Viking museum has rides and reproduction of the Viking dwellings and camps—complete with smells and sounds—Oh and the people depicted are computer generated repoductions of people who once lived here develop from the skeltons and skulls found at the digs

When you leave Jorvik head southeast on Coppergate Walk toward St. Mary’s Square

 

The Merchant Adventure Hall  is of major importance and is a Grade1 Listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument.

It was built between 1357 – 1361.  Before most of the craft and trade guild’s halls in Britain, making it one of the largest buildings of its kind and date in Britain.  It is very unusual to be able to see in one building the three rooms serving the three functions of a medieval guild:  business and social in the Great Hall, charitable in the Undercroft and religious in the Chapel.

turn left onto St. Mary’s Square

The Company’s art collection, most of which is on display in the Hall, is a valuable record of  York in the past 5 centuries. The walls are hung with pictures (water colors, prints and drawings) portraying the Governors of the Company who were important York citizens as well scenes of York.

Turn Left toward Piccadilly

The Gardens, in comparison to the Hall are a fairly new addition.  For centuries the hall was surrounded by houses and hops with a track or road down to the RIver Foss.

Turn left towards Piccadilly

The lower part of the Hall is constructed mainly of bricks from a ruin of a Carmelite Friary that was close by

 

The Merchants’ Adventurer’s Hall  Fossgate, York

When finished here:  Head southeast on Coppergate Walk toward St. Mary’s Square

Beware if you’re Scottish (I’m about 60% Scott, 20% Norse and 20% misc—if you visit on a Sunday—there’s a law allowimg Scotts to be shot with a bow and arrow—Oh but relax—there hasn’t been any  one doing so for at least the last 20 years,

Turn right onto St. Mary’s Square

Because of the strategic position on the River Cruse York developed during both the Noraman and the Pantagenet times (11th thru 14th century)and became a trade center and a inland port, espically for exporting wool to Europe.

Take a slight turn left onto  St Mary’s Square

The Minster (second only to Canterbury Cathedral in  the Church of Englands church’s pecking order) is a sign of Yorks wealth.

Turn right on St Mary’s Square

Archbishop William Fitzherbert who became a saint in 1224 and 100 yrs later he got a shrine thanks to another Archbishop who gave 20 pounds to create it.

Continue onto Costle Walk

But 20 pounds went further back then and it was one of the largest shrines in England rivaling even Thomas Becket’s at Cantebury.

Turn right toward Tower St.

In fact it went along with the supply and demand as when it became extremely busy a second shrine was created in 1472.

                      Turn left in 98 feet

It is belived that other shrines were dismantled during the reformation, no later than 1541.  It is also said that they were broken up ad buried along this court as in 1835 sections of both shrines were uncovered and later in 1928 more pieces were found in an excavation.  And no one would be suprised if more pieces were found below the houses along the court.

 

 

 

The museum also has other period rooms including a Victorian parlor, Jacobean dining room and a 1950s kitchen.  You can even visit the cells where it is speculated that Dick Turpin was once held.  The most recent addition to the new exhibition 1914:  When the World Changed Forever– opened to commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of the Great War.

Exit the castle 

and go North toward York Castle Street 

Turn right on York Castle  go about 95 ft Stop at the bottom of the stairs going up a hill with a small fort at top

The building at the top is the ruined Norman keep at the center of York Castle and like a lot of history this tower’s name is named from one of its commanders but was not named for him of what he did—but whether was punishment of those deeds.

 

Roger de Clifford was hanged here for treason back in 1322.

Ok climb on up those stair but use care they are steep and takes a bit of effort to get there.

Stop half way up to catch some breath

Before the tower got its name this small area was the site of even worse loss of life.  One of the worst anti-Semitic massacres of the Middle Ages took place in York in 1190.  The city’s entire Jewish community was trapped by an angry mob outside this tower.

Complete your climb to the  tower site on the hill top.

 

 

 

 

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I just realised that it’s been a long time since I’ve included Doing for otners—-becoming involved in working or and volunteering for same from charities to —well how about history—-Hey I work 4 days a month doing tours in a restored historical house—what do you do?

 

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Schloss Johannisberg within its vineyards

 

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In Aschoffenberg is one of the largest four-sided castles of the Renaissance with its harmonous style and beautiful location. On the bank of the Main River, it is a very attractive building of red sandstone……Ulrike Schober Castles and Palaces of Europe                

     

 

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 Well since you know that I continue to try to get you away from all the theme parks from time to time etc., etc.  And one more point—-vacations are suppose to be times to get away—-sometimes relaxing and taking morning walks on streets in quiet towns and eating at family friendly restaurants are activities most of us could use a little more of—-relaxing is one of those things so FEW of us ever really do.

 

15 Best Things to Do in Haines City (FL)  

 

Haines City

 

 

Originally the town was a “Clay Cut”  on the rail road line.  In 1887 it was renamed after a railroad official: Col. Henry Haines.  It was said that his name was used to induce the company to put a train stop here—what ever it worked and a depot was even built.

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                       Explore Lake Alfred

 

 

                        Lake Alfred

 

The town as named in 1913 for its adjoining lake.  The lake in turn was named for Alfred Parslow, an early seettler who had acquired the original franchise for the railroad and built up an estate here.

 

  Previous names for the town included it’s first, Fargo after Fargo ND from whence a number of those interested in the Fruitland Company which directed this area.  This was discarded because of Postal confusion with Largo, Fl.  Next came Chubb (origin unknown) which was discarded for the obvious reason.  Bartow Junction was tried, but Bartow was only 15 miles away and people there were not happy about the choice.

It is a most noble ruin, of immense size, and full of beautiful and romantic bits. There is a legend that a white lady is seen in one of the windows. Between it and the town there is another church, the parish one, round which is a big graveyard, all full of tombstones.

Dracula Chapter 6

 

ABBEY AND CHURCH

 

Where is Whitby? Whitby on a map

 

So we’ve been on the bus for two weeks (as last week’s blog was bits and pieces)–now we’ve returned to finish off that day trip out of  York to visit the moors and towns out and about  them—today we’re doing Whitby and finishing up with moors info and pictures—Of course this particular area was made infamous by Bram Stoker and his book Dracula so you may learn some of the facts of the town from the writer’s pen as well as my computer keys.

 

 

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Whitby Abbey

The first time we visited Whitby we also took a tour from York here—at that time we could only get to the abbey by climbing the 199 stairs  up the steep hillside to the abbey—I had pulled a muscle in my knee and didn’t think I could make it.

This time our tour bus did take us up to where the abbey set but we decided we didn’t have the time and retreated on the bus to the river

 

Whitby Abbey Things To See and Do

This is to my mind the nicest spot in Whitby, for it lies right over the town, and has a full view of the harbour and all up the bay to where the headland called Kettleness stretches out into the sea.

More Dracula quotes

 

Things to do about Whitby

 

Wolf of Whitby

 

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He can transform himself to wolf, as we gather from the ship arrival in Whitby, when he tore open the dog; he can be as bat, as Madam Mina saw him on the window at Whitby, and as friend John saw him fly from this so near house, and as my friend Quincey saw him at the window of Miss Lucy.

Dracular quote again

 

 

 

“Welcome to my house! Enter freely and of your own will!” He made no motion of stepping to meet me, but stood like a statue, as though his gesture of welcome had fixed him into stone. The instant, however, that I had stepped over the threshold, he moved impulsively forward, and holding out his hand grasped mine with a strength which made me wince, an effect which was not lessened by the fact that it seemed as cold as ice—more like the hand of a dead than a living man.

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The area was first  in the 6th century the site of a Saxon Monastery, which was located were the Abbey ruins set today.

 

 

 

By the 18th and early 19th c the port city  had industry including ship building and whaling.

By Victorian time many of the house you see today were workshops where jet became jewelry and the like.

 

 

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Whitby Museum

Explore our independent Victorian museum full of stunning collections from local fossils, natural history, model ships, carved jet, toys, costumes to social …

 

 

WHAT’S ON

Throughout the year we stage events and talks tying to our collection. Regularly visit the What’s On page or our social media channels for the latest updates.

 

 

COLLECTIONS

 

 

 

HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM

Whitby Museum is owned and operated by Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society, a charitable body established in January 1823, a period when such societies operated in many British towns.

 

 

LIBRARY & ARCHIVE

The Society’s Library and Archive contains a rich collection of manuscript and printed material connected with the Museum’s collections, and with the area’s past.

 

 

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Whitby Museum is an independent museum, founded in 1823 yet highly relevant to the world today. Step through the front entrance to see gigantic fossils on the walls – we have dinosaur footprints too.

 

 

 

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“Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!”

 

On the Bus again

 

and thru the country side back to York  thru the moors and lots More:

 

Moor, tract of open country that may be either dry with heather and associated vegetation or wet with an acid peat vegetation. In the British Isles, “moorland” is often used to describe uncultivated hilly areas. If wet, a moor is generally synonymous with bog.

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Land of myths & legends

 

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About The North York Moors National Park in North Yorkshire

 

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So we continue on thru the wonderful landscape and were dropped off near our hotel home—-and  our day in the more remote and very intriguing part of York joined our other vacation memories.

 

Back next week with bits and pieces

 

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Cut off from the rest of the world

 

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Lindsfarne Island

Norththumberland

Few places evoke the spirit of early Christanity so much a Lindisfarne, a feeling enhanced by its seperation from the Noththumerland coast by a tide causeway.  As the mainland is left behind one somehow becomes enveloped in the timeless atmosphere of Lindsfarne, an intangible, inexplicable feeling that leaves few visitors unmoved, regardless of their religious beliefts.

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How about planning a Parrot Head vacation!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

There’s the obvious and something I’ve enjoyed several time in my life time:

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But hint ever the chief parrot head must rest sometime:  STAY TUNED FOR SHOW ANNOUNCEMENTS!

 

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Margaritaville at Sea of course—how could you celebrate all things Jimmy without sailing the seas?

 

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Grace O’Malley: The Pirate Queen of Ireland

Grainne Ni Mhaille, angalised to Grace O’Malley,  led her own fleet with hundreds of men, spent nearly a lifetime at sea, and came face to face with one of the most powerful monarchs of the age, a woman she regarded as an equal.  This was a most notorious woman in all the coasts of Ireland.

The Pirate Queen of Ireland

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Living a life beyond your job and duties is what we’re about and I just want to  say the obvious that you do not have to travel the world—unless you want to to– to keep your mind and body active.

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House remaining in Rosewood

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Hannibal Square Heritage Center

The story of the Rosewood Massacre begins with the celebration of the New Year.  In January 1923, during a time when Jim Crow laws mandated, encouraged, and protected severe racial discrimination, a white mob descended on the predominantly Black town of Rosewood. This group included members of the KKK who had congregated in Gainesville (50 miles northeast of Rosewood) for a large rally the previous weekend. Responding to a later-dispelled rumor about an assault on a white woman (a common, and usually false, accusation behind many of the era’s lynchings and pogroms), the mob tracked, killed, and permanently displaced the Black residents of Rosewood. State officials suppressed reports of the event, now known as the Rosewood Massacre. Years later, Lizzie Robinson Jenkins clung to the firsthand accounts told by her aunt, a survivor of the massacre, and founded The Real Rosewood Foundation (TRRF) to research and expose the history of Rosewood.

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The red glow of the sunset above the Rat Tower near Bingen on the Rhineis suppose to be the refletion of hell fire in which the wicked bishop is slowly roasting in punishment for his heinous crimes.

(this is referred to as Mouse Tower on internet sites but in Myth of the Norsemen by H.A. Gueber–which this quote is from– it is called the Rat Tower)

The bishop is Hatlo who became annoyed at the clamours of the poor who were starving during a famine.  He had them burnt and their souls returned in a swarm of rats.  They devoured him whole but apparently his soul still burns in punishment.

 

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

 

 

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I have visited this house and roamed the rooms of history and legend—I have also seen the tomb which has markings on three sides—originally ment to keep her spirit within its borders but after finishing 3 sides the participants began to question how they could be sure the spirit wasn’t roaming about even as they stood there and if they finished the markings it would be blocked from the tomb and even more active and murderous.  The job was never completed and so Annie Palmer continues free to come and go.

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Hedy Lamarr: Golden Age Film Star—and Important Inventor

 

The name is Hedy Lemarr and she was an actress during Hollywood’s Golden Age, who was born in Austria in 1913 and came to America in the late ’30s and became a  U.S. citizen in 1953.

 

7 Things You Didn’t Know About Hollywood Star and Inventor Hedy Lamarr

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But acting wasn’t her only tallent, she also, along with  composer George Anthrill developed a secret communication system in the 1940.s for the allies  to use against the Nazis in WWII—after her demise in 2014 she was  Inducted into the

National Inventors Hall of Fame

when

these inventions

were also used in internet wifi and cellphones  systems.

 

Hedy Lamarr                                                        

November 9, 1914–January 19, 2000

Her career began to fade and her last movie was made in 1958.

 

Hedy Lamarr – Hollywood Star Walk

 

She moved to Seminole County in the 1990s–first for several years in Altamonte Springs and then for a few months in Casselberry where she passed away on January 19, 2000.

 

 

Hollywood at Universal Studios Florida

I do have a small connection to this— my late husband was a plumber in the area and got a call for a service job to the Casselberry location (I believe though it could have been the Altamonte one).  He came home from a day on the job telling me about a former movie star that he did work at her house.  He said he never saw her and it was his understanding that she was confined to her bedroom and cared for by others—though he wasn’t sure if it was her health or just her preference.  He told me that there were many movie stars photos about the residence.

 

Now there is a  marker that commemorates the site of her death at her home in Casselberry, Florida on January 19, 2000 from heart failure at the age of 85. She died at her home on Wesson Drive in the Orange Grove Park neighborhood that is located adjacent to Red Bug Lake Park.

RED BUG LAKE PARK

 

 

The marker is located adjacent to the Red Bug Lake Park playground’s parking lot. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address:

3600 Red Bug Lake Road,

Casselberry FL 32707,

United States of America.

Touch for directions.

 

FAMOUS MOVIES FILMED IN ORLANDO

 

Orlando Sanford Airport

 

Airline Information

 

Key West Flight details

 

 

Free & Cheap Things to Do in Sanford, FL

 

 

 

12 New England Experiences Barbie Would Love

Contrary to the popular belief that Fig Newtons were named after Sir Issac, Fig Newtons were actually (in our minds) named after the town of Newton by the Kennedy Biscuit Bakery when the cookie was first introduced in 1891. The Kennedy Biscuit Bakery named their cookies after Boston communities like Harvard, Beacon Hill, and Shrewsbury. 10 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About New England

New England Oddities A to Z

 

 

 

 

 

Bloody Sunset in St. Augustine: A True Story Paperback – January 1, 1998

 

  This book is a true story of a ghastly murder in the nation’s oldest city in January of 1974. The victim was a former New York City model who in earlier years has moved in the highest social circles, which included the Kennedy family of Massachusetts. The murder investigation and subsequent trial involved many people from the highest echelons of St. Augestine and St. Johns County. The characters in Bloody Sunset are revealed exactly as they were and have not been embellished in any way. The victims were eccentrics in an eccentric city and readers will find them interesting, if not intriguing. The murder of Athalia Lindsley has become a legend in St. Augestine. For months after the slaughter tour operators would direct sightseers to the crime scene. The house where the killing occurred is pictured in a book featuring St. Augestine’s historic houses. This book explains the events that made the structure a “Historic House”.

 

Bad Blood: The Murder of Athalia Ponsell Lindsley

I wanted something different to feature in St. Augustine—-so many people who come here see a quiet old city which is quaint but not very exciting—-I decided to give you come places that may change your mind about it.

 

Died in House – Two Separate Murders on Marine Street

 

Castillo de San Marcos, formerly Fort Marion, in St. Augustine, Florida

 

Of course the fort here is bound to have a bloody past from wars with the indians several of whom were held in the fort and probably several who didn’t have happy endings—–there were also battles with the English—-presumed some of them ended up here as well.

 

 

ST. AUGUSTINE UNDER THREE FLAGS: A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF FORT MARION

 

On several trips to the fort and tours about it I heard tales of a body that was found  walled up in an interior area of the fort—all withered up over its centuies of lock up..   I have more recently heard that it was a couple and they were put here by her husband and while that’s a believable senerio I have not seen anything to support it  with historical info.

 

 

The Massacre of the French

 

 

 

Disease & Disaster

Between 1614 and 1617 friars estimated that nearly half of the Timucua Indians died. Yellow fever became epidemic in 1649, killing Spaniards and Indians alike. A smallpox outbreak occurred in 1655, and killed all of the African Royal slaves, as well as large numbers of Spaniards and Indians. A measles epidemic struck in 1659.

 

and you can check out alot of those at the:

Cemeteries of St. Augustine

It was  not a safe time to live and when cities had horrible plagues is it any wander that this colony far from the maddening crowds suffered so much.

 

 

Murder & Martyrdom in Spanish Florida: Don Juan & the Guale Uprising of 1597

 

 

 

              ANILA QUAYYUM AGHA: FLOURISHING PATTERNS

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Thru  September 24, 2023

Mennello Museum of American Art—E. Princeton  Orlando, Fl

 

ORLANDO MUSEUMS & ART GALLERIES

 

 

Tiger Tours & Trips

 

Where to See Tigers in the Wild: 9 Best Places in 2023

 

 

 

The famous Roman eagle in the Silchester Gallery.

Prior to that the Romans had occupied an area south of the town—and you can see and learn more about that at

Silchester Gallery

at

Reading Museum

The museum also holds the Amazing Victorian fascimile of the world famous

 

Bayeau Tapestry

Silchester Town:  

The complete circuit of the Roman Town Walls and the amphitheatre of the Roman Town are open to visitors all year round. It is a mile and half walk along the Roman walls and the North Gates and South gates into the Roman Town are well worth a visit

Visit Us (it is near but not in Reading—-click on the visit us for directions)

 

 

 

 

 

38th Annual Cup-A-Thon

August 4-5

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.amaliearena.com/events/detail/freestyle-explosion-2023

AMALIE Arena

401 Channelside Drive
Tampa, Florida 33602

813.301.6500

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/orlandopoweryoga/

 

Bok Tower Lake Wales

Charlotte Pride Festival & Parade

 

So we started out at Our Double Tree Inn on St. Maurice Rd in York

 

Turn right onto St Maurice’s Rd/A1036    (223 feet)

  The Danes conquered York in 867 AD and retained it as their Northumbrian Capital

 

Turn left onto Monkgate (105 ft)

 

 The city’s present name is derived from the Danish  Yorvick.

 

York’s Viking History and Where to See it Today

 

Continue onto Goodramgate (746 ft)

 

York is home to the smallest Street with the longest name in the world:

Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate.

 

Continue onto Deangate (397 ft)

 

   However, unlike neighboring cities such as Leeds and Sheffield, which present visitors with a variety of adult entertainment venues to choose from, York has only one of those.  (no I’m not listing it– look it up yourself if you must)

 

Continue straight onto Precentor’s Ct. (30 feet)

 

 Another thing the city lacks is an option to dress up and visit a casino.  Instead, visitors must rely on a variety of online entertainment, including live dealer casino tables which are said to be just like the real thing—Sorry don’t know about that either.

 

Slight left onto Duncombe Pl—–Our destination is on the right (72 feet).

 

 

 

  The  Dean Court Hotel,  Duncombe Place, York  The Tour starts opposite this hotel  which is next to the York Minster.

 

  This location is in the heart of York and approximately 10 min. walk from York Railway Station.

 

 

The Main picture above of the lion is near where we met the bus.

 

 

North York Moors and Whitby Day Tour from York

 

 

Our Guide

The Tour was: By Bus

Food and drink not included

No Children under 5 years and not suitable for wheel chair users—alot of those old bumpy steep out and about in UK areas to tranverse.

Adults (17-99)

Kids (5-16)

Bring:  Comfortable shoes

                              Rain gear—it is England you know

                        Cash—a must for all vacations

 

 

Meet your driver guide in Duncombe Place, outside the York minster to begin your tour.

Us (well one of)                                                         and them–one lovely lady

We said good bye to the lovely people of York

and headed out to see the North Yorkhire Moors and Whit

   We would travel over the moorlands and enjoy views you don’t ever see in Florida

Explore Goathland which was made famous by a movie of the magical sort

And eat fish and chips not far from where they came ashore

 

Our first stop was the charming market town of Pickering

From William the Conqueror to Oliver Cromwell and Harry Potter, several notable historical and fictional characters have graced the town of Pickering throughout the years adding to its rich tapestry.  As far as small towns go in North Yorkshire, there will be few, if any, that boast a castle, a heritage railway and a church with world-renown frescoes; all of which attract thousands of visitors each year in their own right.

 

Pickering is a small town packed with a wealth of heritage.

 

Gateway to the North Yorkshire Moors Pickering has a long and fascinating history. Step back in time and enjoy exploring what life was like in this thriving market town. Visit shops from the past, discover the ancient craft of the blacksmith and marvel at our magnificent printing press (see events for demonstration dates). With special events, changing exhibitions, family activities and a beck side location for picnics there’s something for everyone to enjoy.

The Heart of Pickering’s Heritage

 

St Peter and St Paul’s Church

 in Pickering is renowned for its beautiful frescoes.  Many people make a pilgrimage to see them from all over the world.

 

 

The medieval wall paintings, which give the church its fame, were probably first commissioned in 1450, and were painted the following decade, as details in the costumes and armour of some of the figures makes clear. Nikolaus Pevsner, the renowned expert on architectural history said that ‘This is one of the most complete set of wall paintings… and they give one a vivid idea of what ecclesiastical interiors were really like’. They are in fact one of about five sets of such extensive wall paintings still in existence in the country. The images vary in scale and in what they depict: some are large single figures; others tell stories. Details of each scene are given in the guide book, available from the Church bookstall.

 

The Mediaeval Frescoes of St Peter and St Paul’s Church

 

PICKERING CASTLE

If you’re coming here without a guide and/or a tour try these in adddition to the items we saw with tour and I listed that day:

Pickering Castle

and

 

Things To Do In Pickering, 12 Attractions & Places To Visit

 

We also went to

 

RIEVAULX ABBEY 

 

Rievaulx Abbey is the perfect choice for a peaceful day out and is part of the tour as well

 

      In a secluded North York Moors valley.

 Founded in 1132 it was first Cistercian monastery in the north of England.

 

 

 It was one of the great abbeys in England until guess who  seized it in 1538.

 

 

Yep that 8th Henry and his

Dissolation of the Monasteries

that he continued to have done–reportedly he made a nice profit from it.    It is estimated that he made 1.3 million pounds (over 500 million today–or $642,800,000.00)

 

    When it was shut down it had appox 72 buildings (the one above wasn’t one of them)

 

Which was occupied by the head man:  The Abbot

 

 

21 Monks

 

as well as 102 lay employees

 

 

 It’s income was  £351 a year which is  £372,802.84 pounds in today’s money or $479,275.33 United States Dollar

 

 The abbey also included a blast furnace at Laskill

 

 

It is said that it was efficient producing cast iron as good as any modern furnace of our days

 

 

As was often done the buildings were stripped and made unusuable and any valuable contents in their structure such as lead was removed for re-use.

 

The site was granted to Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland, one of Henry’s advisers.

 

It eventually  passed to the Duncombe family

 

16th and 17th centuries Rievaulx was an important iron-manufacturing site

 

 Today the abbey ruins are in the care of English Heritage.

 

And you’ll never believe what happened to that lead they took from the buildings in the 16th c—

 

In the 1920’s the current owner took it out of storage and gave it to York Minster

 

 For the restoration of York Minster’s Five Sisters window,

 

 

 Yep back to the bus again.

 

 

 

Helmsley is a lovely market town on the banks of the River Rye

 

 

 and it sets sheltered below a medieval castle

 

 There’s a fine market square and ancient market cross – market day is Friday

 

Britain’s Best Market Town in the Great British High Street Awards 2015.

 

Another peaceful corner is Helmsley Walled Garden, dating from the 1750s and originally used to provide fruit, vegetables and cut flowers for Duncombe Park.

 

Helmsley, England – A Guide To Seeing It All

Royal Oaks Hotel

Why Choose US?

The property is 6 km of Ampleforth Abbey and 4 km from the bound Cistercian Rievaulx Abbey. William Sissons Gallery lies a short distance to this Helmsley hotel. Also, the accommodation is placed beside shops and a market.

 

11 English and British Dog Breeds

 

OK let’s do some UK residents that you might love

 

 

There’s over 30 dog breeds that come from the United Kingdom

British country life where design and dogs are as intertwined as roses and Wellingtons.

At Home in the English Countryside: Designers and Their Dogs Hardcover – March 17, 2020

 

The earliest archaeological evidence of dogs in England comes from

Star Carr in North Yorkshire

 

Excavations at this Mesolithic site have revealed thigh bones belonging to dogs from around 7,500 BC

 

Dog Collar Museum

 

The skeleton of a dog dating from around 4,600 – 4,500 BC has also been found at

Grime’s Graves in Norfolk.

 

 

7 Dog Museums Every Dog Person Should Visit

 

One of the unexpected effects of the global pandemic – and the resulting series of lockdowns – was an increase in demand for puppies.

 

Exhibition of dog paw-traits opens at London’s Wallace Collection

 

And the extent of that soaring in demand has been shown by the latest registrations statistics from the

 UK Kennel Club.

 

Dog friendly Museums, Art Galleries & Libraries in London

In 2021 they registered a remarkable 349,013 dogs, compared to 250,659 in 2020 – an increase of 39.2 per cent year-on-year

DOG-FRIENDLY DAYS OUT

 

Of the 221 different recognised breeds of pedigree dog, many saw huge increases, including the ever-popular Labrador Retriever with 61,559 registrations in 2021 compared with 39,905 the year before.

 

 

Fetch Your Bags, It’s Time to Visit a Dog Museum

And many of the rarer dogs also had a good year – for example the Glen of Imaal Terrier enjoyed a 130 per cent increase in popularity from 36 registrations in 2020 to 83 in 2021.

 

FAMOUS DOG MUSEUMS FROM ACROSS THE WORLD

British dogs were particularly prized as companions in the hunt in the Middle Ages, and were exported to continental Europe for this purpose at least as early as the Roman period.

 

The World’s First Sausage Dog Museum

 

Ok that’ s part one of Day 11- –next week we’ll have a bits and pieces issue

Then the next week after that we’ll look at Day 11 part 2 and do Whitby and The Moors and the pictures I’ve taken and the information that will go with them.

 

 

Places to visit in North Yorkshire

 

 

Another Crazy Day on a Vacation that went crazy despite great planning HONEST

 The day started out good—but—-we left the motel and took a taxi 1/2 mile to the Leicester train station.

 

 

www.thedungeons.com/York

 

That went well…..in Peterborough we went to where we were directed to catch the train to York—-But it was running really late and eventually we found that the  train we had tickets on wasn’t coming and the train we were put on was the next scheduled train and we soon found that there weren’t seats enough for us…..I finally was able to locate a couple seats for my friends but there wasn’t a third—I ended up with a group of people—including a couple and a cute (much too young for me but I can still look—right?  RIGHT!) gentlemen that worked for the train company.

We all became aquainted standing near where the two cars connected and telling each other the purpose of our trip and all that……when we started to pull close to our destination I asked for Help—I had a major share of everybody’s luggage (for us three, not the group in the connection) So I ask the Railway gentleman if he’d help me get the luggage off—-and then the couple— volunteered to hold up the passengers exiting thru the area we were standing in so that we could clear with no problems. 

If you have heard the Brits are boring and not much fun you definately haven’t met any—-and we got me off the train–with a strong young man shouldering the luggage and without being either of us or the luggage overran from the over-crowded train.

 

 

 

 

Guess who?—my saviors from the train—after they saved me, as well as luggage and even the train guy—thanks so much—and no harm done to anyone.  Such fun.  And all in York Safe and sound.  And met up with the rest of my party who set comfortably the whole trip.

 

Is York Worth Visiting in 2023? Best Things to Do & Reasons to Visit

The National Railway Museum, York:  Offering three giant halls packed full of incredible trains and interative fun, thisaward winning museum has an exciting rolling programe of exhibitions running throught the year.

 

IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THE HOME OF ICONIC LOCOMOTIVES AND AN UNRIVALLED COLLECTION OF ENGINEERING BRILLIANCE

Oh and I did get a few views out the window on the way to York

 

 

yorkcitysightseeing.co.uk

 

 

Melton Mowbray (/ˈmɛltən ˈmoʊbri/) is a town and unparished area in the Melton district in Leicestershire, England, 19 miles (31 km) north-east of Leicester, and 20 miles (32 km) south-east of Nottingham. It lies on the River Eye, known below Melton as the Wreake. The town had a population of 27,670 in 2019.  The town is sometimes promoted as Britain’s “Rural Capital of Food”; it is the home of the Melton Mowbray pork pie and is the location of one of six licensed makers of Stilton cheese.

Read more at

Melton Mowbray

 

 

\

yorkshirehideaways.co.uk

 

 

Visit Oakham

The historic market town of Oakham (county town of Rutland), probably took its name from a local Saxon lord named ‘Occa’. The town church dates from the 12th-c and features some fine medieval carvings and unusual nave capitals. It shares its churchyard with Oakham’s 16th-c private School. One of the largest independent co-educational schools in the country, with around 1000 pupils. The school was founded by Archdeacon Robert Johnson, in 1584, along with Uppingham School (located just a few miles away).

Learn more at:

Oakham

 

 

 

www.yorkshireairmuseum.org

 

and finally in York

 

 

 

Take a cab to your hotel

 

Head SW toward St. Maurice’s Rd/A1036

 

We have mentioned  Henry’s (the 8th one) Desolation of the Monasteries.  This started with the smaller ones but this gradually esculated to larger monasteries and more violent measures of destruction and by 1536 it had fostered serious unrest with the people of the north.

 

Turn right onto St. Maurice’s Rd/A1036

 

The second rising at Yokshire and north known as

The Pilgrimage of Grace.

This was the second rising in Yorkshire and the north and a much more serious one.  Far from the much more inhabited south, this northern land was often barren–the towns here were fewer and as they say “far between” and the monks instead of evil money graspers as Henry said they were—here were considerd holy and helpful and were evidentally quite popular.   Infact in Yorkshire they were the only people that helped and provided hospitality to the wandering beggars as well as the ordinary traveler.

 

Turn left onto Gillygate/A1036

Continue to follow A1036

Turn Left onto Duncombe Pt

 

YORKSHIRE’S CISTERCIAN ABBEYS

The work of the Cisterns  who were sheep farmers also helped the country where agriculture was at best difficult and they were seeing the writing on the wall:  That the dissolution of the larger Monasteies was just a matter of time.

 

Continue straight onto Precentor’s C

 

Criminals and Executions in York

A Lawyer named Robert Ashe musteered the rebels on Shipworth Moor and then took possession of York.  The expelled monks were restored to their monasteries.

The king then sent the Duke of Norfolk to Yorkshire but when he later reached Dorchcester he found the rebels 30,000 strong and too formidable to risk a battle.  SO he adopted the usual expidient in such cases—general promise of pardon if the rebels should submit and this was successful for the time being.

But a further outbreak (1537) gave the King an excuse to act with ferocity congenial to his temper.  “You shall in anywise” he wrote to his agents “cause such dreadful executions to be done upon a good number of the inhabitants of every town village and hamlet…as well as by the hangings or quartering with their head and quarters being distributed and put on display at all the towns great or small as a warning.”

 

Arrive at York Ministe

 

 

York Minster

Unfortnately we could not visit the church as it was Easter time and the church was basically only open for worshipers.

It has been called the finest example of decorated style in England.  The roof is of wood, but painted to look like stone.

It has 125 stained glass windows (14th and 15th c)

 

Tour Historic York Minster – One Of England’s Oldest Cathedrals

 

The Minster is one of England’s most popular attractions.  It is reported to have over two million visitors (from everywhere) annually from all over the world.  But this is fitting as it took over 250 years to build and its caving are fantastic and it has a huge collection of stain glass windows.  The Minster has a rich arrays of chapels, monuments and tombs.

Interactive Map of the Minster

 

  It has a 13th c Charater House.  There is an Undercroft Museum and Treasuary with Saxon and Roman items.  The crypt features some of Minsters oldest treasurers.

There are 275 steps in the central tower which gives a great view of the cathedral an a magnificant panorama of York.

 

Facts:

Length 525 ft (160 meters)

Height to Vault:  88.5 feet (27 meters

West Towers:  Nearly 184 feet each (56 meter)

Lantern Tower:  233 feet (71 meters)

 

This is:

The largest Medieval church in England

It has the largest area of medieval glass north of the Alps

627 AD:  First church a wooden chapel was built here for baptism of King Edward of Nortumbia

Current Church is the 5th one built  and dates from about the 13th – 15th c AD..

It has mingling styles with the west front decorated with Perpendicular towers .

The South West tower has 12 bells—the 13th bell hangs alone (Big Peter is rung only at noon).

 

It rises from the remain  of a Roman garrison headquarters.

It’s Rose window commerates the marriage of Henry VII to Elizabeth York.

It has surviveed several catastrophic fires including one in 1984 and is famed for it’s magical stained glass as we mentioned previously.  There is an immense 15th century window in the east which is the size of a tennis court.

 

The Tansports are the oldest part of the church–Early English–5 windows dating 1305.

There is also an Astronomical Clock commerating Airmen killed in WWII.

The Under Croft Museum contians Roman architecural fragments.

The Treasury hold the Horn of Ulf (1020) and surgical utensils.

 

Choir has a Lady Chapel with an early rood screen and statues of 15th c English Kings.

 

 

 

In Medieval York, the abbey sat opposite and mirrored the Minster–two greatbuilding dedicated to worshiping.

 

Turn left onto Gillygate/A1036

 

The monks spent their days working  copying books, trading with merchants, providing food and supplies for the monasterey and managing it’s states and of course providing for the poor.

 

Turn right into Bootham/A19

 

 

 

Turn left onto Marygate

The gateway on Marygate next to St. Olave’s church was at one time the main entrance to the Abbey—where the poor came to claim their alms.  The building (now St. Mary’s Lodge)  is the current headquarters of the Museum Trust

 

 

Next Stop the Museum Gardens, an idying haven with an array of plant species, wildlife and historical feature to explore.

 

Established in the 1830’s by theYorkshire Philosophical Society,            the gardens are famed for their trees, shrubs, perennials and bulbs all set among the medieval ruins of St. Mary’s Abbey–-can’t beat that.

 

 

in 223 feet turn left

The Gardens have ice cream at                  Ice Cream Rescue.                                      Further into the gardens is                             Sketch by Origins                                                 on some day it offer drinks and snacks take away from the Pavillion.

 

 

in 157 ft, turn left

 

 

‘Public conveniences’, Bootham Bar and elsewhere

 

But while you have drinks and such there are no toilets in these gardens—the nearest ones are at Bottham Barr as well as the city Centre at SIlver Street.

 

 

Turn left in 85 ft

 

But long before Henry VIII,  York was the site of Royal Wrath—both as a site to conquer and then to use that site for (including two castles he had repaired) f a base for Remorseless and Relentless

Harrying The North: 

 

115 ft make a slight right

The Bloody Aftermath of the Battle of Hastings – YouTube

The exact scale of all this is only speculated on but it has been described as devastating with many thousands dead, from both violence and famine.

 

Museum Gardens on right on Museum Street

 

Story Telling Area in Museum Gardens

 

Simeon of Durham recalled the Harrying:  “It was horrible to observe, in houses, streets and roads, human corpses rotting…For no-one survived to cover them wih earth, all having perished by the sword and starvation, or left the land of their fathers because of hunger.”

 

William the Conqueror

Some feel that William may have grown to regret the level of destruction he wrecked on York and the north.  Chronicler Orderic Vitalis                            tells us the King confessed on his deathbed on his treating “the native inhabitants of the kingdom with unreasonable severity, cruelly oppressed high and low, unjustly disinherited many, and caused the death of thousands by stavation, and war, especially in Yorkshire.

Nevertheless the operation achived his aim.  The Rebellion was defeated and the population subdued

 

 

Head southeast toward Lendai

 

Bayeux Tapestry—the story of the Battle of Hastings between the Vikings and the English in Normandy area today.

Prior to the Normans there had been other North Men in York. (which is basically what Norman stood for.)  They were originally part of the Viking raiders that terrified Europe and beyond before they settled in France and did more refined terrifying).  The Period between the demise of Eric Bloodaxe in 954 and the arrival of the Normans in 1068 is known as the Anglo-Scandinavian.  York was ruled by an English King but was still very much influenced by Viking culture.

 

In 476 ft make a slight left onto Lendal

For the period York during this time was relatively peaceful.  Eric had been defeated by the English King Eadred, who died a year later in 955, eventually suceeded by his nephew Egar, who ruled England  from 959 – 975, which is called “the Pacable as there were no foreign attacks.

 

Continue 36 feet

Turn left onto Musum St/A1036

 

 

 

jorvikvikingcentre.co.uk

According to accounts from that time period York was a major city of about 30,000 citizens.  “The city was crammd beyond expression.”  so the accounts of the city say “and enriched with treasures of merchants, who come from all parts, but above all from the Danish people.’

 

 

Continue 341 feet

Continuing onto Duncombe Pl

Even though York was important, English kings did not come here—at least only rarely.  They did however appoint earls to keep a grip on Northumbia.  There is a legend that an invading Viking leader King Svein Forkbead of Denmark was buried in York proper in 1014.

 

In 397 ft 

Continue onto Goodramgate

 

 

The Real Richard III

Another person and a King eventually—that had an attachment with York (as the cab driver pointed out earlier) was Richard III—the one whom an Elizabethen playwright wrote a bad review (but a good play) about him that has until recently greatly affect his reputation.

 

RICHARD III: HERO OR VILLAIN?

 

 

Richard III visited York on several occassions during his short reign and staying for 3 weeks in 1483.

 

How Did King Richard III’s Remains End Up Under a Parking Lot?

 

 

Continue 476 feet onto Monkgate

 

Burial places of British royalty

 

It even has been reported that Richard planned his eventual burial at York Minster, building (or rather having built) an enormous chantry chapel there with 100 chaplins to attend his body and pray for his soul.

 

RICARDIAN PLACES:  York

 

 

in 105 feet turn right onto St. Maurice’s Rd/A1036

 

 

HIS LIFE & DEATH

 

York looked to Richards to assist in times of economic difficulty and Richard does appear to have championed them in his short reign.  The city sent troops to support him over this time—including to help him against Henry Tudor–unfortunately those troops arrived to find Richard dead and the Tudor’s assuming control of the country.

 

AN INTRODUCTION TO TUDOR ENGLAND (1485–1603)

 

in 22

3 ft turn left

Destination will be on the left in 72 ft.

and we’ve arrived back home:

Double Tree By Hilton

St Maurice Rd ===York

Thaks for oining us and will see you all next Friday for another bits and pieces.