Buildings and sites
The medieval cathedral with a fine range of later funerary monuments.
The Undercroft has a display of Roman and early medieval archaeology, including in situ remains of the Roman fort,
and an impressive array of ecclesiastical treasures including silver and textiles.
The York Conservation Trust have over the years taken over many threatened or derelict builduings in the city and restored them and brought thgem back into commercial and domestic use. this web site illustrates their properties and thereby illustrates the many styles of medieval and later buildings in the city. Browse this web site to see some of York's gems and gain some historical insight; of course, many more are also surviving.
A medieval house which has been restored and reconstructed to reflect its character in the late 15th century.
A Norman castle motte with stone Keep on top, infamous for being the scene of a massacre of Jews in the 13th century.
A 14th-century structure with some subsequent changes.
The Archaeological Resource Centre is primarily set up for educational purposes,but is open to the public when not in use by school parties. For thsoe interested in archaeology, education and the public this is a place worth seing.
This building was probably the first neo-clasical building to be constructed in Europe, in 1730, though with some subsequent modifications. Though now a restaurant, it is still open to the public to see.
The walls survive for much of their original circuit, and are impressive and
interesting in their own right. They also allow a great view into the city, and also to the suburbs beyond the walls. The various
gates through the walls (called bars - many streets are called gate in York e.g. Micklegate,
Gillygate) are also well preserved.
A medieval street originally full of butchers, but surviving largely intact because it acted as a slum for much of the 18th and 19th centuries, only now to be a tourist dream full of interesting shops. Adjacent is the open-air market.