York

April 2nd to 7th 2025                                                                              Photos by Hetty

Clifford’s Tower

View from the top of the tower

National Railway Museum

Gates from Euston Station, London 1837

1934 replica of George and Robert Stephenson’s Rocket 1829

1829

1830 coaches – statue of George Stephenson behind

Engine called Cheltenham

Evening Star, built in Swindon 1960

1874 with open cab

1870

Coppernob 1846

1885

1938 Mallard – world speed record for a steam engine

A cutaway engine – the guide explained how it works

Richard Trevithick mine engineer in Cornwall

1834 carriages

third class

York Minster

Statues of the kings of England from William the Conqueror to Henry VI

 

Looking up into the central tower

North Transept

South Transept – repaired after the fire in 1984

13th century cope chest

Much of the stained glass dates from 1310

This one was paid for by a bell founder and has lots of bells in it

There is such a lot of detail

Door to the chapter house

In the chapter house

There are hundreds of faces

In the crypt are Norman columns

Outside is a Roman column that was found under the floor

Constantine the Great was proclaimed Roman emperor by his army in York in 306 AD

Stone mason’s yard

Fairfax House

Treasurer’s House

Bar Convent

by Micklegate bar, a secret Roman Catholic convent

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