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York Location - Distance
York is located in North Yorkshire, York is in North East England. York is 40 miles south-west of the town of Scarborough, 27 miles north-east of the city of Leeds, 87 miles North East of Manchester Airport and 220 miles north-east of London. Manchester airport to York taxi service


York Information
The City of York was originally called the Roman city of Eboracum in 71 AD and York became the northern provincial capital in the Roman Empire. Constantine was declared Emperor in York in 306. After the decline of the Roman Empire, The City of York became the capital of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria.
York was invaded by the Vikings in the 9th century, and York bacame a Danish trading centre for two centuries until the Normans conquered England. Medieval York was England’s second largest city and York became wealthy on the wool trade. In the 15th century,York was involved in the War of the Roses, and Yorks city symbol is still a white rose. Henry VIII made York the capital of his northern church, and today’s York Minster is still one of the most powerful in the Church of England.
As north of Britain became more industrialised, York participated in playing a major role as a railroad hub with York Train Station being the worlds largest train station at the time. York Train Station and York were bombed during World War II, however, both York Train Station and the City of York survived and became the best preserved medieval city in England.
Today the City of York is heavily reliant on tourism as visitors walk on the cobbled streets of York and through lanes full of sloping timbered buildings. York is the most beautifully preserved city in Britain!
York Minster
York Minister is a grand cathedral church and is one of the most beautiful medieval buildings in Europe. York Minster is also called St Peter's, however its full name is Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter in York'. In the past York Minister sat within its own walled area, known as the Liberty of St Peter York.
York Minsters archbishop is second only to the archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England. York Minster is a large and imposing cathedral and looms over the City of York and is a great focal point for any city walk in York.
York Minster Cathedral is the largest Gothic church north of the Alps and was completed in the 15th century after hundreds of years of building.
As you enter York Minster Cathedral through the front door and your eye will immediately be drawn to the long nave and the beautiful stained glass. York Minster Cathedral stained glass was saved from the German bombs in both WWI and WWII by storing it in various homes in the City of York.