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James College

James College. Yorkshire Evening. Dan Horsfall and Alex Muntus (Both born and bred in Yorkshire!). A Brief History of Yorkshire. Old! Geologically and politically Roman Yorkshire Eboracum Viking Yorkshire Jorvik Kirkgate; Ivegate; Briggate Norman Yorkshire The Minster

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James College

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  1. James College Yorkshire Evening Dan Horsfall and Alex Muntus (Both born and bred in Yorkshire!)

  2. A Brief History of Yorkshire • Old! • Geologically and politically • Roman Yorkshire • Eboracum • Viking Yorkshire • Jorvik • Kirkgate; Ivegate; Briggate • Norman Yorkshire • The Minster • Battle of Fulford • The wars of the Roses • The House of York • Battle of Towton

  3. A Brief History of Yorkshire • The Tudors • King’s Manor • Pilgrimage of Grace • The Civil War • Battle of Marston Moor • Wentworth, Halifax, Fairfax and others • The industrial revolution • Leeds, Sheffield, York, and Bradford

  4. Today • The breakdown of the shire • Rise of cities • Left with the culture, if not the administration • Culture encompasses • Countryside • Dialect • Customs • Stereotypes • Produce

  5. Important Phrases • Ey up! • Now then!! • Ought • At end o’ day • Reight gud! • Nowt / sumat • Tha • Our….

  6. “See all, 'ear all, say nowt. Eat all, sup all, pay nowt. An' if th'ivver does owt fornowt, allus do it for thissen!”

  7. Famous Faces Sir Patrick Stewart Jeremy Clarkson Dame Judi Dench Sean Bean Guy Fawkes Rt Hon William Hague

  8. More Famous Faces Darren Gough J B Priestley David Hockney The Bronte Sisters Micheal Palin CBE Jimmy Savile

  9. On Ilkley Moor Baht 'atWheear 'as ta bin sin ah saw thee, On Ilkla Moor baht 'at?! Wheear 'as ta bin sin ah saw thee? Wheear 'as ta bin sin ah saw thee? On Ilkla Moor baht 'at?! On Ilkla Moor baht 'at?! On Ilkla Moor baht 'at?! Tha's been a cooartin' Mary Jane On Ilkla Moor baht 'at Tha's been a cooartin' Mary Jane Tha's been a cooartin' Mary Jane On Ilkla Moor baht 'at On Ilkla Moor baht 'at On Ilkla Moor baht 'at Tha's bahn t'catch thi deeath o'cowd On Ilkla Moor baht 'at Tha's bahn t'catch thi deeath o'cowd Tha's bahn t'catch thi deeath o'cowd

  10. Things t’ do in York • Minster (http://www.yorkminster.org/) • River Cruise http://www.visityork.org/ • Race day!!! http://www.yorkracecourse.co.uk/ • Shambles • Castle Walls • Evil Eye, Betty’s, • York Dungeons

  11. Getting’ tha bearings Walks – Moors, Dales, Wolds Coast – Whitby, Scarborough, Cayton Bay, Robin Hoods Bay Adrenaline - Flamingo Land, Go Ape Towns – Helmsley, Thirsk, Pickering, Ripon (http://www.yorkbus.co.uk) Cities – Leeds, Sheffield (http://www.nationalrail.co.uk

  12. Images of Yorkshire

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