Monthly Archives: June 2015

For more information: http://www.yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk/collections/search/item/?id=8723&search_query=c2VhcmNoX3RleHQ9WW9yaytIZWxtZXQ%3D

For more information: http://www.yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk/collections/search/item/?id=538&search_query=bGltaXQ9MTY%3D To learn more about the bowl, there is a talk on June 10th: http://yorkfestivalofideas.com/2015/talks/yorks-finest-the-ormside-bowl/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_bowl

For more information: ‪https://www.academia.edu/1986509/GIS_archaeology_and_neighbourhood_assemblages_in_Medieval_York …‪. For a trail and podcast walking tour about Roman York: https://www.york.ac.uk/ipup/resources/tours/roman-york-audio-tour/ (via IPUP and History Works)

Roman power first founded this great city with its walls and towers And called, as partners and companions in the task, only the native British peoples (For at that time fertile Britain endured as kings the Romans, Who deservedly held … Continue reading →

Burbot For more information: https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/canals-and-rivers/river-ouse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burbot

For more information: https://twitter.com/hashtag/endofeoforwic http://www.historymatters.group.shef.ac.uk/ventriloquizing-social-media-bulletins-occupied-city-yorkonthisday-867-alcuinslibrary/

For more information: See and learn about the ring at a free event on June 20th: http://yorkfestivalofideas.com/2015/community-events/discovering-fishergate-3/ For the Yorkshire Museum’s web information on the ring, see http://www.yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk/collections/search/item/?id=7283&search_query=c2VhcmNoX3RleHQ9ZmlzaGVyZ2F0ZStyaW5n

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcuin There are few public reminders of Alcuin in the centre of York today. He is represented on the outside of the Minster Library’s Alcuin wing. And H.W. Harvey’s 1960 painted glass window in the Guildhall shows … Continue reading →

For more information: Baptism of Edwin in York, according to Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People book II chapter 14 http://www.ccel.org/ccel/bede/history.v.ii.xiv.html?highlight=edwin,york#highlight http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2246974/York-Minster-Paved-Roman-backstreet-walked-early-Christian-worshippers-discovered-archaeological-dig.html

Silver sceats from the reign of Eadberht (737-757 AD)   For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sceat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eadberht_of_Northumbria Did you know: The Duke of York pub will be selling Eoforwic Ale during the Festival of Ideas. You’ll be able to see the Eadberht beast … Continue reading →