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Published: June 17th 2017
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01 Remaining wall
The only wall remaining of St Mary's Abbey. Geo: 53.9577, -1.08229
Grudgingly Jess, Charne, AJ and I got up early to meet at Kings Cross Station at 7am, although we were pretty excited to be going away for the weekend. I have heard many good things about York and was glad to be finally visiting. I was looking forward to wandering through the medieval, narrow streets and a weekend out of the busy, polluted city. Most of the city is surrounded by the old city wall which was built in the 13th century.
The main attraction in York is the York Minster. People have been praying here for nearly 1,000 years! It is the largest Gothic building in northern Europe. The construction on the cathedral began in 1220 and took 252 years to build. It has the most complete collection of medieval stained glass in Britain. In the under croft there were Roman remains and Viking grave stones. We walked the 275 steps up to the tower for a view of the town. It is built in the shape of a cross which symbolises that Jesus died on a cross. The minster's decorations are to remind us that it is God's house. It was once a place of worship for
02 Admiring
Me admiring one of the many duplicated paintings. Catholics until King Henry VIII formed the Church of England.
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