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10 the Young Pretender," the city showed its readiness to defend the established religion and Hanoverian government. In 1791 ^ the first musical festival was held in the Minster. Nothing worthy of note occurred in the latter half of the 18th century, beyond exciting political contests for the representation of the county. In 1820, the present Ouse Bridge was opened, the foundation stone having been laid in 1810. In 1822, the Yorkshire Philosophical Society was founded, of which the Eev. W. V. Harcourt, M.A., F.E.S., was the first president, and in 1830, its handsome museum was opened to the public. In 1823, the second musical festival was held in the Cathedral, there being 465 performers. The British Association for the Advancement of Science held its first meeting here in 1831, on the 27th Sept., when upwards of 350 of the most eminent men of the day from all parts of the kingdom assembled for the purpose of forming the above named institution. In 1835, the last musical festival was held, when there were 618 performers ; it was attended by the Duchess of Kent with her daughter, the Princess Victoria (our present Queen), then on a visit to the Archbishop at his palace at Bishopthorpe. The first passenger railway train ran into York on the 29th May, 1839, and in 1841, the old railway station in Tanner Eow was opened. In 1846, July 21st, the Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland held its annual meeting here, under the presidency of Earl Fitzwilliam. In 1848, the Eoyal Agricultural Society's Show, on Bootham Stray, was visited by Prince Albert and other illustrious personages. In 1850, a grand banquet was given in the Guildhall on the 26th October, by the Lord Mayor and Corporation, to Prince Albert, the Lord Mayor of London, and the Mayors of the different Corporations in England, in aid of the great Exhibition held in London the following year (1851), when the most fairy-like building in the world, the first Crystal Palace, was erected. This banquet was signalized by the preparation of one dish, which alone cost one hundred guineas. In 1866, the Prince and Princess of Wales visited York, to grace with their presence the Yorkshire Fine Art and Industrial Exhibition. The royal visitors were the guests of His Grace the Arch-
11 bishop, at tlie Palace, Bishopthorpe. York gave a right royal greeting to their Eoyal Highnesses; the Ouse Bridge, most artistically decorated, was, together with the rest of the city^ brilliantly illuminated in the evening. The illustrious visitors attended the Yorkshire Agricultural Society's Show, then being held on Knavesmire, and also a grand review of the whole of the Volunteers of Yorkshire on the Race- ground, when, it is said, more people came to York thaii was ever known to have visited it before in one day. The exhibition was held in a temporary building erected in Bootham Field, in front of the County Asylum. It was opened by the Archbishop of York, on the 24th July, and closed on the 2nd November, and was attended by 380,590 persons. The value of the exhibits was roughly calculated at £250,000. The total receipts were £13,800 ; and, after all expenses were paid, with some gratuities, a surplus of £2000 was left as the nucleus of a fund to be afterwards subscribed towards a permanent art gallery. On 25th September, 1873, a grand banquet was given in the Guildhall, by joint subscription of the provincial mayors and corporations of England, to the Lord Mayor of London, who attended in state, accompanied by the Sheriffs of London, en grande tenue, with coaches, trumpeters, and other paraphernalia; the whole of the provincial mayors and townclerks, two hundred and sixty in number, being dressed in their robes and decorated with the gold chains and insignia of office. The corner-stone of the new Exhibition building was laid by the Lord Mayor, on Easter Monday, 22nd April, 1878. The Exhibition was formally opened by His Grace the Archbishop of York, on the 7th of May, 1879, and continued until November 8th. During this period it was visited by 550,000 persons, from whom the sum of £17,336 17s. 3d. was received, in addition to £1791 12s. Id. from other sources. It consisted of rare examples of old and modern masters (including the whole of the celebrated Feversham gallery), water-colours, statuary, articles of vertu, manufactures, machinery, &c. The building has now been establised as the Yorkshire Fine Art and Industrial Institution, with the object of encouraging art and industry.
Page 1 and 2: IND ITS
Page 3 and 4: Practical Gnide 1 'with ILLUSTRATIO
Page 11 and 12: THE PEACTICAL GUIDE TO THE CITY OF
Page 13 and 14: PEEFAOE- In the compilation of this
Page 15 and 16: ILLUSTEATIONS. Key-Map of the City.
Page 17 and 18: Index, yii PAGE Harrison's Hospital
Page 21 and 22: ; YOEK: HISTOEY OF THE CITY. The Ci
Page 23 and 24: city 3 beniglited people to the Chr
Page 25 and 26: - sought 5 sword, throngli the blin
Page 27 and 28: 7 tagenet, Duke of York, who was sl
Page 29: BOOTHAM BAR, YORK
Page 34 and 35: 12 It is presumed, the visitor to Y
Page 36 and 37: 14 In 867, the kingdom of Northumbr
Page 38: 16 window was saved with very great
Page 42 and 43: 18 YORK MINSTER. It seems impossibl
Page 44 and 45: 20 The Nave is divided on each side
Page 46 and 47: 22 YORK MINSTER. " I stood within a
Page 48: 24 and was built from 12*50 to 1270
Page 52 and 53: 26 coloured glass. Under them runs
Page 54 and 55: 28 this building. There are sixty-f
Page 56 and 57: 30 In a line with the above, under
Page 58 and 59: 32 liaving transoms, the two lower
Page 61 and 62: 33 an arch with ornamented cornice,
Page 63 and 64: 35 Cathedral, denuded of its gold.
Page 65: 37 subscription. The bell is never
Page 68 and 69: 40 CELEBEATED AECHBISHOPS. Since th
Page 70 and 71: 42 The Minster Library is the only
Page 72: THE WALLS AND BAES. The City Walls'
Page 75 and 76: 45 MICKLEGATE BAR consists of a squ
Page 79 and 80: 47 the Blue Coat Boys' School, with
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49 MUSEUM OF THE YORKSHIRE PHILOSOP
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51 assemblage of fossils from the c
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53 street, and thence down to the r
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55 First, on the right, is George,
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57 device for the imperial standard
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59 It is the work of J. B. Capronni
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61 Avhich furnished the incident co
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63 instead of three bailiffs, as wa
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65 In the lower compartments are th
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67 of the late Prince Consort stand
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69 to tlie ground by Athelstane, le
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71 in it the debtors are allowed to
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73 Christ Church, CoUiergate and Ki
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St. Helen, in St. Helen's-square, o
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77 but internally portions of Norma
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79 It was afterwards rebuilt with s
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81 In the sanctuary are three large
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83 WESLEYAN METHODIST FEEE CHURCH,
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85 Wilson's Hospital, Fossbridge, f
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87 the government of the asylum too
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89 ?tlie art of teaching under tlie
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91 years. The building is of quaint
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93 FEIENDS' BOYS' SCHOOL Is the ver
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95 drill ground, afford accommodati
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97 JUDGES' LODGINGS, Xendal, is a l
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99 POSTAL TELEGKAPH OFFICE Is in Mi
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101 YORKSHIRE FINE ART AND INDUSTRI
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103 ^as finisliecl in 1820, during
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105 Hay Weighs.— -At Cattle Marke
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107 Monk Stray, without Monk Bar, o
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, JuBBERG-ATE, , Knavesmire , Spurr
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Ill Steamers also, conveying pleasu
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113 The "Yorkshire Chronicle," is a
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115 St. Andrew's Church is a small
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117 with great loss. The graves of
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119 DoNCASTER, thirty-two miles dis
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THE YORKSHIRE FIRE & LIFE INSURANCE
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FURNITURE HUNTEE & SMALLPAGE, CABIN
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B. JEFFERSON, AND GENERAL WAREHOUSE
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CITY BEEWEEY, YOEK. 13) ej Id WINE
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