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Yorkshire & Northumberland - Travel Guide


Major Yorkshire & Northeast Attractions

Bamburgh CastleAbbeys
Brinkburn Priory
Byland Abbey
Finchale Priory
Mount Grace Priory
Rievaulx Abbey
Thornton Abbey
Whitby Abbey
Fountains Abbey

All abbeys in County Durham, Northumberland, Yorkshire

Castles
Alnwick
Castle Bolton
Clifford's Tower
Lindisfarne Castle
Pickering
Richmond
Scarborough
Warkworth

All castles in County Durham, Northumberland, Yorkshire

Cathedrals
Durham
Ripon
York Minster

All historic churches in County Durham, Northumberland, Yorkshire

Wensleydae, Yorkshire DalesCountryside
North York Moors National Park
Yorkshire Dales National Park
Northumberland National Park

Historic Houses
Beningbrough Hall
Burton Agnes Hall
Burton Constable
Castle Howard
Cragside
Duncombe Park
Harewood House
Newby Hall
Sledmere

All historic houses in County Durham, Northumberland, Yorkshire

Roman Remains
Hadrians Wall
Housesteads Fort

All Roman sites in Northumberland, Yorkshire

Museums
Colour Museum
Eden Camp
National Media Museum
National Railway Museum
North York Moors Railway
Wensleydale Creamery Visitor's Centre
Yorkshire Museum

All museums in Northumberland, Yorkshire

Northeast England County Guides

Northumberland
Yorkshire
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Featured Attraction
Roecliffe, St Mary's Church
Roecliffe, St Mary's Church - Roecliffe, Yorkshire, England
A neo-Norman church built in 1843 by York architect RH Sharp. Some of the stone for the church came from the old Roman quarry at Aldborough. The building is very simple; it consists of a rectangular nave, chancel, vestry, and west bell turret. There is no porch; entry is by … ... more

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York MinsterYork Travel Guide

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 Barley Hall -  Clifford's Tower -  Fairfax House -  Historic Churches -  Jorvik Viking Centre -  Merchant Adventurers Hall -  National Railway Museum -  Roman Bath Museum -  The Shambles -  Treasurers House -  York Castle Museum -  York City Wall -  York Guildhall -  York Minster -  Yorkshire Museum

 History of York -  Tourism information -  York's Rivers -  Walking Tours -  Travel Links


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Northeast Travel Resources

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Northumberland
Yorkshire
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Northumberland
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Editor's picks - Top 5 reasons to visit Yorkshire & Northumberland
1.
Walking in the North York Moors
2.
Lindisfarne Island
3.
Historic Durham Cathedral
4.
A ride on the North York Moors Railway
5.
The stained-glass west windows of York Minster

  

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Mary, Queen of Scots was moved here following the failure of the Babington Plot to free her from captivity in 1586



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This Day in British History

16 May, 1532

Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor

More's conscience will not allow him to support Henry VIII's claims of state authority over religion

Monarch Mayhem

He was married to Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen



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