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The Friends of York Walls website "York' City Walls Trail" – by The Friends of York Walls; A new audio guide using the Guide.AI app – "Introducing – "York’s City Walls Audio Trail"" – Friends of York Walls CIO. "York Walls Walk - Walking Tour of York City Walls", york-united-kingdom.co.uk "Theme: The York City Walls" on the History of ...
Location of York Castle (8) and the major features of York city walls (1: Bootham Bar, 2: Monk Bar, 3: Walmgate Bar, 4: Micklegate Bar, 5: Fishergate Bar, 6: Victoria Bar, 7: Multiangular Tower). York was a Viking capital in the 10th century, and continued as an important northern city in the 11th century. [ 6 ]
The City Walls Experience at Micklegate Bar is located in the southern gatehouse of the historical city walls of York, England. It is operated by the Jorvik Group (part of York Archaeological Trust ) and uses maps, display screens and video presentations to tell the story of the fortifications surrounding the city.
The North Eastern Railway (NER), one of the largest employers in the north of England, released over 18,000 of its employees to serve in the armed forces during the First World War, many of them joining the 17th (North Eastern Railway) Battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers, a number of deaths occurred when the North Eastern Railway Tug Stranton sank off the south coast of England.
The Anglian Tower is the lower portion of an early medieval tower on the city walls of York in the English county of North Yorkshire.It is located on the south-west (interior) face of the city walls, currently in the grounds of York City Library and accessible on foot both from there and the Museum Gardens.
The section of York city walls near Lendal Bridge at approximately the original planned location of the City War Memorial; the North Eastern Railway Company's memorial can be seen in the background to the left. The committee gave Lutyens a budget of £2,000 (1920). The architect visited York on 12 August 1920.
Alpine Wall; Anastasian Wall, built in the 5th century across the Thracian peninsula for the protection of Constantinople; Antonine Wall, built by the Romans in northern Britain; Babylon Fortress in Old Cairo. Baggush Box; Bar Lev Line; Beijing city fortifications; British anti-invasion preparations of the Second World War
Roman wall and the west corner tower (the Multangular Tower) of the Roman legionary fort at York, with medieval additions above. A telltale layer of red Roman bricks can be seen at about head height. The Romans called the tribes in the region around York the Brigantes and the Parisii. York may have been on the border between these two tribes.