Category Archives: Seven Wonders of Yorkshire
Skipton Facts Updated for 2018
A History of Skipton Skipton is Anglo Saxon for Sheep Town. There is still a Sheep Street and an aptly named pub on it called The Wooly Sheep Inn. Full sized, ornamental, painted sheep are used to promote events around … Continue reading
7 Quirky Yorkshire Places to Visit
As Monty Python had it what have the Romans ever done for us? ‘All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever … Continue reading
7 Yorkshire Castles to Visit
We are not a warring race but Yorkshire folk have always defended their territory. Here is a selection of castles from former glory days that are now visitor attractions worth your time exploring. With its 3,000 year history, stunning location … Continue reading
7 Outdoor National Trust Yorkshire Sites to Visit
The National Trust (NT) looks after more than Old Buildings. In its care it includes moor and coast, farm land and country estates many of the best of which are in Yorkshire. Get a dose of good fresh Yorkshire air … Continue reading
Seven or More Yorkshire Cathedrals and Minsters
Top Cathedrals for age and Architecture 1.York Minster Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter is the Mother church of the Province of York AD 627. 2. Ripon Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Wilfrid AD 655. Parish and … Continue reading
7 Man Made Wonders of Yorkshire – Ribblehead Viaduct
Ribblehead is somewhat remote boasting only a railway station a few houses and The Station Inn. The teddybears may have a bit of a wait before they can start their picnic. Located at the head of the River Ribble, the … Continue reading
Yorkshire’s Shard or Emley Moor
Emley Moor transmitting station near Huddersfield is still the UK’s tallest structure in Yorkshire at 1083 feet 330.5 metres for those who have been metricated (Ouch)! It beats Bilsdale mast Helmsley by 54 feet and is 4th in our overall … Continue reading
Wonderful but Ruined Abbeys of Yorkshire
What did Henry VIII ever do for Yorkshire’s Abbeys? In our series of seven man made wonders of Yorkshire our great Abbeys did not always get full recognition. This goes some way to highlight the 12th Century and subsequent buildings … Continue reading
Maritime Hull – Man Made Wonder of Yorkshire
Maritime activity around Hull and the Humber estuary combine to produce one of our seven man made wonders of the county. It is no wonder that Hull is the European city of culture 2017. The fishing industry, the docks and … Continue reading
Salts Mill Seven Man Made Wonders in Yorkshire
For another in our series of the ‘7 man made wonders of Yorkshire’ we float between the river Aire and the Leeds Liverpool canal. Beside the River Aire is one half of the enormous edifice of Salt’s Mill at Saltaire … Continue reading