About York
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York is a picturesque, university city located in the heart of North Yorkshire in England, where the rivers Ouse and Foss meet. The city is noted for its rich history, playing an important role throughout much of its existence. It is a remarkably well-preserved example of a medieval city.
The city was founded as Eboracum in AD 71 by the Romans, during this early time influential historical figures, such as Constantine the Great, became associated with the city. The entire Roman Empire was governed from York for two years by Septimus Severus. The land surrounding the rivers Ouse and Foss was very marshy at this time and therefore made it easier to defend.
After the Anglo Saxons moved in, the city was renamed Eoferwic, and served as the capital of the Kingdom of Northumbria. The Vikings captured the city in 866, renaming it Jorvik. Around the year 1000, the city became known as York.
York is a modern, vibrant and thriving city and boasts a wealth of excellent shops, cafe bars, pubs and restaurants. The core of the city within the walls is a major tourist destination, attracting visitors from all over the world. Many of the pubs and bars have live band nights and a lot of the clubs and bars have special student nights or promotions for students.
York Minster, the second largest Gothic cathedral in northern Europe built between 1220 and the late 15th Century, stands at the city's centre. York's centre is enclosed by the city's medieval walls, which are a popular walk. Clifford's Tower, a stone quatrefoil keep, built on top of a Norman motte, was the site of a massacre in 1190 when the small Jewish community of York sought protection in the tower on the feast of Shabbat ha-Gadol. Many Jews took their own lives rather than face a violent mob.
The Shambles is a narrow medieval street, lined with shops, boutiques and tea rooms. Most of these premises were once butchers' shops, and the hooks from which carcasses were hung and the shelves on which meat was laid out can still be seen outside some of them. The street also contains the Shrine of Margaret Clitherow, an English saint and martyr of the Roman Catholic Church often known as The Pearl of York, although it is not located in the house where she lived.
Another feature of central York is the alleyways, narrow pedestrian routes, many of which led towards the former market-places in Pavement and Sampson Square. The city has many museums, including the Castle Museum, Yorkshire Museum and Museum Gardens, JORVIK Viking Centre, the York Art Gallery, Richard III Museum, the Merchant Adventurers' Hall, the medieval house Barley Hall owned by the York Archaeological Trust, Fairfax House owned by the York Civic Trust and the Treasurer's House owned by the National Trust. The National Railway Museum is situated just beyond the station, and is home to a vast range of transport material and the largest collection of railway locomotives in the world.
York is also noted for its wealth of churches and pubs. Most of the remaining churches in York are from the medieval period. St Williams College behind the Minster, and Bedern Hall, off Goodramgate, are former dwelling places of the canons of the Minster.
The University of York's main campus is on the southern edge of the city at Heslington, with Archaeology and Medieval Studies in the King's Manor in the city centre. It was York's only institution with university status until 2006, when the more centrally located York St John attained full university status as York St John University. The city also hosts a branch of The College of Law.
The city has two major further education institutions. York College is an amalgamation of York Technical College and York Sixth Form College. Students there study a very wide range of academic and vocational courses, and range from school leavers and sixth formers to people training to make career moves. Askham Bryan College offers further education courses, foundation and honours degrees, specialising in more vocational subjects such as Horticulture, Agriculture, Animal Management and even Golf Course Management.
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