Retirement Properties Spotlight in Monkgate

York : York was one of the most important cities in the Roman empire known as Eboracum and had originally been settled by the Brigantes. It is about 21 miles north-east of Leeds on the Rivers Ouse and Foss and retains its impressive medieval walls. The Roman missionary Paulinus established the diocese of York in 625 and King Edwin of Northumbria was later batized here. The Saxons made York the capital of their Kingdom of Deira and then the Danes captured the city who called it Jorvik.

When the Normans came to sack York it was already one of the largest cities in the country. York Minster was begun in the 13th century and the Archbishop continues to sign himself 'Ebor'. Within the old walls the medieval street pattern of lanes and alleys can still be discerned and in later centuries the city continued to flourish with a wealth of beautiful buildings. Heslington Hall is an Elizabethan mansion about two miles south-east of the city.