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A gallery of wallpaper and other images for general interest. This collection consists of images taken at various locations in Yorkshire; 2004 - 2005.


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 Gordale (Gorsdale) Scar and Malham

An impressive limestone gorge, 15-16 million years old and around 400ft (150m) deep with a series of waterfalls. This subject was painted by Turner, Inchbold and James Ward amongst many others and was also the subject of a sonnet by Wordsworth. The poet Thomas Grey was overawed and almost frightened by the gorge.
 
   

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 The photos show the looming, towering cliffs, the waterfall and streams with the almost lost figures of visitors demonstrating the scale of the gorge.
   

The falls -

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 The stream bed at the gorge -

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 York

The city of York has existed since roman times, being founded in AD 71 and was the only city outside Rome to see an emperor proclaimed, this being the Emperor Constantine, by his troops. The city was later a major Viking centre known as Jorvik and was to become by the medieval period, the centre of an archdiocese and an occasional seat of royal government.

 
   

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The city once contained many monasteries and churches, many of which survive (the former only in part) and is dominated by the cathedral, the largest medieval gothic church in Britain and amongst the greatest in Europe. Much of the medieval city walls and gates still survive as does the main tower of the castle.
 
   

 The photos depict the soaring twin towered west front of the cathedral, another view showing one of these towers from behind a nearby church and finally, the spire of one of the city’s many medieval parish churches.

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Medieval Castle Ruin - Snape

A view of the precarious and overgrown ruins of Snape Castle. Built in the 15th century, it was once occupied by Catherine Parr who left to become Henry VIII’s sixth, last and surviving Queen.
Part of the house remains intact and occupied and the medieval castle chapel was restored for local use in the 19th century.
 

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