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What to do in York
What to do in York
Anna, Anouska, Ollie, and Valentina have put together a list of their favourite sights, restaurants, and cafés. Make sure to visit York essentials like the Minster, Shambles, and the city walls.
Restaurants
Restaurants
A place to have some delicious and authentic southern Italian food. They mostly serve pizza, but their desserts and frittatine di pasta are also really good.
20 Piccadilly, YO1 9NU
A firm favourite, featuring an extensive menu of Szechuan and Beijing cuisine. Also has a small satellite takeaway restaurant on Kimberlow Hill, Heslington East.
21 George Hudson Street, YO1 6JL
Museums, Galleries, &c
Museums, Galleries, &c
Gallery with several exhibition spaces included in the entry price. Their eclectic ‘Treasures from the Store’ exhibition, a rotating display brings out a range of objects which aren’t usually seen, with various disciplines and time periods all represented in the same room.
Exhibition Square, YO1 7EW
Beautiful gardens, open for all, with the ruins of St Mary’s Abbey (first built in 1088) and St Leonard's Hospital.
Museum Gardens, YO1 7FR
Initially home to the local abbot, then the Council of North, and later Anne Lister's school, the King's Manor buildings have been repeatedly rebuilt, adapted, and repurposed over the centuries. Various University of York departments, including archaeology, have been located here since the 1960s, but will move at the end of this academic year.
Exhibition Square, YO1 7EP
York's Jewish History
York's Jewish History
To complement Edward's Boys' performance, we have drawn together some resources on the history of Jewish communities in York.
Recent research from the "StreetLife York" project has identified buildings and documents related to medieval Jewish communities and individuals on Coney Street.
YO1 9QL
One of England’s first and largest medieval Jewish cemeteries. The site is exceptionally well-documented through historic records and archaeological study, and was granted protected status by Historic England this year.
Foss Bank, YO31 7PL
StreetLife York's Jewish Neighbourhoods project seeks to tell a new story about York’s medieval Jewish community, one which dispels myths and challenges preconceptions.
In 1190, this was the site of a massacre of the Jewish community in York who took refuge in the castle (replaced c.60 years later by the existing tower). The mound of daffodils provides an annual memorial around the anniversary of the pogrom, their shape echoing the Star of David.
Tower St, YO1 9SA
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