Tag Archives: York

St Mary’s Abbey Wall Ruins

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The ruins in the York Museum Gardens are all that remains of one of the wealthiest and most powerful Benedictine monasteries in England. First built in 1088, the abbey estate occupied the entire site of the Museum Gardens and the abbot was one of the most powerful clergymen of his day, on a par with the Archbishop of York. The stone walls that surrounded the abbey were built in the 1260s and they remain the most complete set of abbey walls in the country. 

Roman Ruins at the Museum Gardens
Roman Ruins at Museum Gardens

Lendal Bridge and Tower

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Lendal Bridge was the second of the three modern road bridges built over the River Ouse at York (the first being Ouse Bridge which has existed since as early as the ninth century). The bridge replaced an earlier ferry service, which had operated from Barker Tower, on the south-west bank, to Lendal Tower.

Lendal Tower has stood next to the River Ouse since about the 1300. It was originally part of the City’s defenses. In medieval times a great iron chain which was stored in the tower was pulled across the river to Barker Tower on the opposite bank.

Lendal Bridge over River Ouse York
Transport Over and Under Lendal Bridge
Lendal Tower

York Museum Gardens

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The York Museum Gardens are botanic gardens in the center of York, England, beside the River Ouse. They cover an area of 10 acres of the former grounds of St Mary’s Abbey, and were created in the 1830s by the Yorkshire Philosophical Society along with the Yorkshire Museum which they contain.

Entrance to Museum Gardens

Cruising on River Ouse in York

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While cruising on river Ouse in York, spot many famous city landmarks, including the breath-taking gothic beauty of York Minster, Clifford’s Tower, one of the only fortifications left of the castle that oversaw York after 1066, the many bridges that cross the Ouse, the serene Museum Gardens, the medieval Guildhall and much! Biking along the river path is optional.

Cruising to View Old Architecture
Cruises on River Ouse York
Transport at River Ouse York

Euston Station Gates

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On display at National Railway Museum, York, England are Station Gates, London & Birmingham Railway. Heavy wrought iron with ornamental locks bearing L & BR crest. These elaborate cast iron gates are from the Doric portico that formed the entrance to the original Euston station in London.

Euston Station Gates
Euston Station Gates Info

Agenoria Locomotive

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This Agenoria engine was built in 1829 by Foster Rastrick & Co of Stourbridge, for the Earl of Dudley’s Shutt End Colliery Railway at Kingswinford in Staffordshire. On its first outing, it reportedly carried 360 people in 8 trucks at a speed of 7.5 mph, which would have been 45 people to a truck, though some may have been children. It remains part of the National Collection and is on static display at the National Railway Museum at York.

Agenoria

Milk Tank

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Milk trains were introduced to transport raw milk from remote farms to central creameries. This wagon was used on the London, Midland & Scottish Railway which collected milk from Cumbria and North Wales. Tank wagon, No ADW44057, six wheeled United Dairies milk wagon with glass-lined tank, built in Derby 1937 on display at National Railway Museum, York, England. Length over buffers: 23′ 11″; width 8′ 7″; height 12′ 9″.

Milk Transport

Mallard Locomotive

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Mallard is an A4 class locomotive designed by Sir Nigel Gresley located at National Railway Museum, York. The A4s were built to power high-speed trains in the late 1930s, and their shape was honed in a wind tunnel to help them cut through the air as cleanly as possible. This powerful, aerodynamic masterpiece rocketed to 126mph in 1938, a steam speed record that was never surpassed.

The locomotive is 70 ft long and weighs 168 tons, including the tender. It is painted LNER garter blue with red wheels and steel rims.

Mallard

Rocket Replica

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Rocket was designed by Robert Stephenson in 1829, and built at the Forth Street Works of his company in Newcastle upon Tyne. Though the Rocket was not the first steam locomotive, it was the first to bring together several innovations to produce the most advanced locomotive of its day. 

This replica of Stephenson’s “Rocket” is housed in the National Railway Museum in York. The original has been preserved and is on display in the Science Museum in London.

Rocket

York Railway Museum

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The National Railway Museum in York tells the story of rail transport in Britain and its impact on society. Visitors can see amazing rail vehicles including Mallard, the world’s fastest steam locomotive and step back into the 1970s Japan as you climb aboard the Japanese ‘bullet train’.

Railway Engines from the Past