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The existing tourist attractions were supplemented by the establishment of the National Railway Museum in York in 1975, [51] the Jorvik Viking Centre in 1984 [52] and the York Dungeon in 1986. [53] The opening of the University of York in 1963 added to the prosperity of the city. [54] In March 2012, York's Chocolate Story opened. [55]
National Centre for Early Music, in the medieval Church of St Margaret and home of the York Early Music Festival; National Railway Museum; River Ouse, with boat rides and crossed by several bridges; St George's York; The Shambles, York's best-preserved medieval street; The Snickelways, a collection of narrow streets and passages; Treasurer's ...
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York's squares are: St Sampson's Square, the old market square at the head of Parliament Street; St Helen's Square, anchored by York Mansion House and St Helen's Church on opposing ends of the square, it also links to York Guildhall which is behind the mansion house overlooking the River Ouse; King's Square, anchored by York's Chocolate Story;
The Cartography of York is the history of surveying and creation of maps of the city of York. The following is a list of historic maps of York: c.1610: John Speed's map [1] 1624: Samuel Parsons' map of Dringhouses [2] c1682: Captain James Archer's Plan of the Greate, Antient & Famous Citty of York [3]
An illustration from 1807 during the reign of King George III showing the Multangular Tower and the city walls A map of York from 1611 by John Speed. The line of the rest of the Roman wall went south-west from the east corner, crossing the via principalis of the fortress where King's Square is now located.
The City of York, officially simply "York", [6] is a unitary authority area with city status in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. [7]The district's main settlement is York, and its coverage extends to the town of Haxby and the villages of Earswick, Upper Poppleton, Nether Poppleton, Copmanthorpe, Bishopthorpe, Dunnington, Stockton on the Forest, Rufforth, Askham Bryan and ...
Jorvik Viking Centre is a museum and visitor attraction in York, England, containing lifelike mannequins and life-size dioramas depicting Viking life in the city. Visitors are taken through the dioramas in 'time capsule' carriages equipped with speakers. It was created by York Archaeological Trust and opened in 1984.