Lendal Tower
LENDAL TOWER Dating from about 1300, ti was originally part of the City's defences, with a defensive chain stretching from here to the Tower on the opposite bank. In 1677 it was leased to the...
- five hundred years
- annual rate
- one peppercorn
- york
- waterworks
- england
James Coverdale
MILES CLOVERDALE c.1488-1569 Bishop of Exeter and believed to be a native of York. He translated and published the first complete printed English Bible (1535) and revised the Great Bible of...
- york
- bible
- cromwell
- book of comm...
- 1420
- 1488
- 1569
The George Inn
THE GEORGE INN In Elizabethan times Ralph Rokeby Esq. (d. 1575) Secretary of the Council of the North lived on a house on this site. Subsequently for about two and a half centuries there existed...
- york
- bronte
- hotel
- england
- hostelry
Billy the Kid's Elusive Tombstone
- billy the kid
- tombstone
Newberry is: the Loner Volcano
Caution: Prone to Violent Outburts
- violent outbursts
- newberry
- volcano
- oregon
- deschuttes
Littlefield Building
GEORGE WASHINGTON LITTLEFIELD (1842-1920) CAME TO TEXAS FROM MISSISSIPPI IN 1850. AFTER SERVING IN TERRY'S TEXAS RANGERS IN THE CIVIL WAR, HE MADE HIS FORTUNE RANCHING AND DRIVING CATTLE. HE...
- austin
- texas
- ladies' banking
- bank
- littlefield
- university
Driskill Hotel
BUILT 1885-86 BY COL. JESSE L. DRISKILL (1824-1890), CATTLE KING WHO MOVED TO AUSTIN IN 1869. BRICK DRESSED WITH LIMESTONE. HAD THREE GRAND ENTRANCES – ONE THE LARGEST ARCHED DOORWAY IN TEXAS....
- texas
- austin
- hotel
- cattle
- hotel
Hamilton Grange
Submitted by @barkosu
Praetorian Gate
PRAETORIAN GATE Near here stood the principal entrance into the City in the days of the Romans. Original date uncertain bu probably rebuilt circa 300 A.D. Submitted by @slashdotat
- york
- romans
- gate
- praetorian
- 300
In Memory of Sgt. Joseph E. Jackson
TO THE CHILDREN IN MEMORY OF SGT. JOSEPH E. JACKSON FAR AWAY IN AN ALIEN LAND HE FOUND NOT ONLY A WAR BUT CHILDREN ... CHILDREN THE SAME AS THOSE HE KNOW AT HOME, FRIENDLY, SMILING AND EAGER FOR...
- lancaster
- pennsylvania
- vietnam
- tot lot
Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback
In memory of P.B.S. Pinchback, the first African American governor in U.S. history. Pinchback, Governor of Louisiana from Dec. 9, 1872 to Jan. 13, 1873, was born free on May 10, 1837. He was...
- louisiana
- southern university
- governor
- civil war
- african american
- warmoth
Seville Fountain and Light
Submitted by @liu_kev.
- seville
- fountain
- light
- kansas city
- missouri
- sister city
The Multiangular Tower
THE MULTIANGULAR TOWER THIS TOWER FORMED THE NORTH WEST CORNER OF THE ROMAN LEGIONARY FORTRESS OF EBORACUM ~.~.~ IT WAS BUILT ABOUT 300 A.D. ON THE SITE OF AN OLDER AND SIMPLER TOWER THE LARGER...
- york
- england
- roman
- legionary
- eboracum
- tildes
Assembly Rooms
ASSEMBLY ROOMS This building was erected by public subscription 1730 - 1736 to the design of Richard Boyle, Earl of BUrlington. Submitted by @slashdotat
- york
- england
- rooms
- boyle
- burlington
Constantine the Great
CONSTANTINE THE GREAT 274-337 Near this place, Constantine was proclaimed Roman Emperor in 306. His recognition of the civil liberties of his Christian subjects, and his own conversion to...
- york
- england
- roman
- emperor
- 306
- christendom
The Shambles
THE SHAMBLES The ancient street of the Butchers of York, mentioned in the Domesday Book of William the Conqueror. It takes it name from the work 'Shamel', meaning the stalls or benches on...
Antonio M. De La Guerra 1825-'81 To His Memorory
![Antonio M. De La Guerra 1825-'81 This tablet dedicated to his memorory [sic]. He was State Senator 1852-1853; Mayor of Santa Barbara, Captain of Califor-nia Volunteers serving in Arizona during...](http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Z1o_Jb6_3t35QI8pB25DQ8y20VjagLRAA-z_JPcDF9r1xQsdb1YeEvTDcZVMc9TJXfVsd5Q25XPt7-JuduZJI8IW5nOf)
Antonio M. De La Guerra 1825-'81 This tablet dedicated to his memorory [sic]. He was State Senator 1852-1853; Mayor of Santa Barbara, Captain of Califor-nia Volunteers serving in Arizona during...
- ecv
- benicia
- california
Old State Capitol
More info at HMDB. Submitted by Debby Drake.
- benicia
- california
Fischer-Hanlon House
Fischer-Hanlon House In 1849, Joseph Fischer, a Swiss immigrant, came to Benicia. After joining a butcher partnership, Fischer purchased this lot on July 1, 1858. The house, reputed to be an...
- benicia
- california
- butcher
1792 Discovery
1792 DISCOVERY Capt. George Vancouver, from King's Lynn, England at age 35 and with orders from the British Admiralty to explore and chart the West Coast of America, charted hundreds of miles of...
- vancouver
- city of vancouver
- discovery
- he subsequently died