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York began as a fortress and has been pivotal in many battles and campaigns over the centuries. The city remained a garrison town but when the Great War broke out in 1914 it had been many generations since the last serious conflict.
‘Experiencing The Great War: York in World War One’ is a walking tour around historic York which explores a series of locations within the ancient city walls and the stories they can tell us about York and the people who lived there during the Great War.
Jan 7, 2024 · Within the first few months of the Great War, all non-naturalised British residents were arrested and imprisoned in an internment camp along the Leeman Road....
The Wars of the Roses ended in 1485, following Henry Tudor’s victory over Richard III at Bosworth and his marriage to Elizabeth of York, which united the two families. How did the Wars of the...
The siege of York in 1644 was a prolonged contest for York during the First English Civil War, between the Scottish Covenanter army and the Parliamentarian armies of the Northern Association and Eastern Association, and the Royalist Army under the Marquess of Newcastle.
- 22 April-16 July 1644
- Decisive Parliamentarian/Covenanter victory
- York, North Yorkshire
Aug 3, 2014 · Chris Titley looks back. 1. The outbreak of the First World War was announced to the citizens of York outside the offices of the Yorkshire Herald Building, where there were “loud and prolonged cheers… and the National Anthem was heartily sung”. 2. York was a garrison town.
Sep 13, 2024 · A new phase of the civil war began in 1459 when York, goaded by the queen’s undisguised preparations to attack him, rebelled for the last time. The Yorkists were successful at Blore Heath (September 23) but were scattered after a skirmish at Ludford Bridge (October 12).
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