The York Coat of Arms

York

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September 10th 2005
After Bath we headed up to York to see the cathedral there. The York Cathedral is HUGE! All the buildings in the town are now occupied but baby Gap and Reebok but the buildings look the same. They have one street where the buildings lean so far out over the road that they almost the other side. The cathedral has 173 steps to the top of its tower. The whole family went up! We were all slightly out ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more