Books about York England
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The York Book
If you want to discover about York and its history the easy way then this book is a good start.
A bit like an encyclopaedia of York. If you want to find out about the Minster look up M and you will find Merchant Adventurers Hall, Merchant Taylors Hall, etc as well as Minster. The book has 294 pages and is about 5 inches by 6 inches in size; it contains more facts about York than any book I know of.
ISBN 0954274903
Price = £7.99
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The York Food Drink and Leisure Guide
If you intend to use pubs, bars, cafes or restaurants in York buy this book first.
The book costs not much more than a drink or sandwich, but gives you all the info you need in just 96 pages. The guide also has an excellent web site with some of the info for free
ISBN 0954179811
Price = £3.00
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Child-friendly York
The National Childbirth Trust - York Branch, supported by City of York Council have produced this book as a guide for parents by parents.
Inside the book you find info about playgrounds, cafes that welcome children and how accessible the attractions in York are for buggies etc. The book has 116 pages.
This book does not have an ISBN number
Price = £4.99
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Disabled Persons Guide to York
Published by York Access Group
This book tries to answer all of the questions a disabled resident or visitor needs to ask. The book is 104 pages and covers topics such as transport, accommodation and attractions.
This book does not have an ISBN number
Price = £2.85
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The History of York Yorkshire
This book takes you from pre roman times to modern day York
Via the Viking, Anglo-Saxon and medieval city. Each section of the book is written by an expert in that particular field. With over 350 pages the book takes a while to read, it is however considered to be one of the most important books on the history of York.
ISBN 0953507289
Price = £25.00
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Aspects of York - Discovering Local History
This book is made up from twelve articles written by different authors
Find out about Jonathan Martin the man who tried to burn down York Minster, or maybe the history of RAF Elvington is more to your liking? I really enjoyed this book. The articles cover 166 pages and kept my interest from start to finish
ISBN 1871647835
Price = £9.95
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Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in York
The book tells sixteen true tales to make your blood run cold
After the potato famine in Ireland many people moved to other countries to find work. Many arrived in York with little or no money, living conditions were overcrowded and unhygienic and "out of this festering, bawdy, drunken slum came tales of the most dreadful kind." The book tells sixteen true tales to make your blood run cold. The slums of York are not the only culprits here; the middle classes also get in on the act as well as tales of the drunken hangman. A good book if you like this kind of thing. The book has 174 pages.
ISBN 1903425336
Price = £9.99
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The Snickelways of York
Snickelways are passages and ally ways that lead from one part of the city to another
Instead of going to the top of a street round the corner and back down the other side, you can sometimes go straight through the buildings in a passage way. This book takes you on a voyage of discovery through these snickelways; many of them are hundreds of years old.
ISBN 0951115847
Price = £4.99
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Margaret Clitherow Saint Of York
This book is a short biography (53 pages)of Margaret Clitherow, the wife of a butcher, who lived in York's famous medieval street the Shambles
In 1586 she was accused of harbouring catholic priests in her house. She refused to plead guilty or not guilty, probably because this would force her family to be called as witnesses in her trial. The "crimes" of harbouring priests and of refusing to plead both carried the death penalty. Margaret was crushed to death beneath a heavy door witch was laid on top of her with rocks placed on top of it. One of the houses in the Shambles is now a shrine to St. Margaret Clitherow.
ISBN 1902645324
Price = £7.50
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The City of York Companion
Written like a guidebook that takes you through different parts of the city one at a time
You explore the aria surrounding the Minster for example, then you move on to another part of the city. The book is 175 pages and gives you a good knowledge of the history of York and the buildings you see all around you. The text in the book is written in a Viking style font, which I didn't like. This is a good book if you want to get to know York and its buildings better.
ISBN 0709063156
Price = £9.95