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    Barker Tower – a little tower with a big history
    timbarber
    • Jun 11
    • 2 min

    Barker Tower – a little tower with a big history

    I regularly pass the little round tower known as Barker Tower just to the edge of Lendal Bridge in York whilst taking clients out on...
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    York’s Anglian Tower – Top of Historic-UK’s most interesting historical sites in England
    timbarber
    • Jan 25
    • 3 min

    York’s Anglian Tower – Top of Historic-UK’s most interesting historical sites in England

    Hidden away behind York’s library and just outside Museum Gardens is a real historical treasure which I discovered thanks to the author...
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    Skosh – a delicious small plate sharing experience in York
    timbarber
    • Aug 6, 2021
    • 3 min

    Skosh – a delicious small plate sharing experience in York

    Having arrived back in Yorkshire after a week’s holiday in Northumberland, we still had a Friday off. To end our break in style I had...
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    The Multangular Tower - an insight into Roman York
    timbarber
    • Apr 5, 2021
    • 3 min

    The Multangular Tower - an insight into Roman York

    With lockdown restrictions starting to ease, I have been lucky over the past week, to have completed 3 virtual tours of York for US...
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    Hungate in York - a brief history
    timbarber
    • Jun 7, 2020
    • 4 min

    Hungate in York - a brief history

    Last year, I was contacted by a property company who had just completed part of a new development of apartments in the Hungate area of...
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    York celebrates Gentleman Jack...twice!
    timbarber
    • May 15, 2020
    • 3 min

    York celebrates Gentleman Jack...twice!

    The popular BBC TV series Gentleman Jack has just been re-commissioned for a series 2 which is sadly on hold during to the Corona Virus...
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    In the shadow of York Minster, St. Michael le Belfrey is a real historical gem
    timbarber
    • Apr 29, 2020
    • 3 min

    In the shadow of York Minster, St. Michael le Belfrey is a real historical gem

    Being so close to the Minster – St Michael le Belfrey on High Petergate in York often gets overlooked, but it has a wonderful history in...
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    I'm Tim Barber and since 2015 I have been running Real Yorkshire Tours - offering chauffeur guided small group tours for visitors to Yorkshire..

     

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