Roman Roots
This Roman name for York translates to "fortress of the yew trees."
Eboracum
This famous Viking leader captured York in 866 AD.
Ivar the Boneless
This author famously referenced Bath in his novels, particularly "Northanger Abbey" and "Persuasion."
Jane Austen
This popular museum in York features Viking artifacts.
Jorvik Viking Centre
This iconic York structure is a large Gothic cathedral.
York Minster
This Roman structure, remnants of which can still be seen in Bath, was built around the city's natural hot springs.
The Roman Baths
This massive structure is the largest medieval stained glass window in Britain, located in York.
The Great East Window of York Minster
This play cycle, performed in York, tells biblical stories through medieval drama.
York Mystery Plays
This annual festival in Bath celebrates literature and the spoken word.
Bath Festival of Literature or Bath Festival
This crescent-shaped row of Georgian townhouses is a landmark in Bath.
The Royal Crescent
This Roman Emperor died in York in 211 AD.
Septimius Severus
This medieval abbey, now ruins, in Bath was dissolved by Henry VIII.
Bath Abbey
This author wrote the novel "The Pickwick Papers" which has scenes set in Bath.
Charles Dickens
This university is located in York.
University of York
This type of stone, used extensively in Bath's architecture, gives the city its distinctive golden hue.
Bath Stone
This Roman road, which runs through both York and near Bath, was a major artery in Roman Britain.
Fosse Way
This type of defensive wall, largely still standing, surrounds the city of York.
City Walls
This poet wrote a poem called "Lines Written at York," which contains the lines "The glory of the day was o'er..."
William Wordsworth
This modern attraction in Bath allows visitors to experience the city's thermal waters.
Thermae Bath Spa
This famous street in York is known for its overhanging timber-framed buildings.
The Shambles
This Roman Goddess was worshiped at the springs in Bath, and later syncretized with the Celtic Goddess Sulis.
Minerva
This battle, fought near York in 1066, resulted in a Viking defeat against Harold Godwinson.
Battle of Stamford Bridge
This 18th-century playwright and novelist lived in Bath, and is known for works like "The Rivals" and "School for Scandal."
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
This railway museum, found in York, houses a large collection of historic locomotives.
National Railway Museum
This 18th-century bridge in Bath, lined with shops, is reminiscent of the Ponte Vecchio in Florence.
Pulteney Bridge