THERE are many fine portraits in the York’s Mansion House, but one showing a man in Georgian attire with his right hand resting on two volumes of a book, is of particular interest. The portrait ...

How a story about the 'Five Sisters of York' become a loved across the world with a message to follow your dreams - with help from Charles Dickens!

Roughly the same age as the Five Sisters window in the Minster, the thousands of pieces of broken pots have come from archaeological digs in Yorkshire and are cared for by the York Museums Trust.

In a city of fairly uniform height, with few buildings taller than four or five stories, Clifford’s Tower and York Minster (one of the world’s most impressive cathedrals) sit as two architectural ...

“If you look back just five years ... is being provided by the York Minster Fund, which was established in 1967 by the Earl of Scarbrough to save the 197ft Central Tower after surveys revealed ...

On the press preview day ahead of the tower reopening to the public ... There are killer views over York from the top, including the imposing Minster and the famous city walls.

This article is brought to you by our exclusive subscriber partnership with our sister title ... sightseeing in York than from the top of the minster’s medieval central tower, the highest ...

"I certainly know that as kids growing up, it used to be how my sister ... 5 November. "It was so important it had some sort of recognition." The family has since been in touch with York Minster ...

It is undoubtedly ... seeing the Minster without some part of it covered in scaffolding and safety netting? In the 1960s and 1970s the cathedral was underpinned to stop the Central Tower collapsing.

A 70-metre lifting crane- almost as tall as York Minster- has appeared on the city's skyline as one of its largest employers ...

it used to be how my sister and I earned our pocket money, just trimming off the ends of donated matches. We used to get 10 pence for about 200 matches. York Minster. "The York Minster model is ...

It took four years and £2.25m to repair the damage caused by the fire at York Minster York's divisional ... had almost spread through to the central tower." It became clear the roof was beyond ...