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If you’re new to Yorkshire see what it has to offer on our Introduction page. We have now added more than 1,000 places to our A to Y Gazetteer of Yorkshire. We've listed the cities and towns and now many of the villages, with links to pages providing more information or to pinpoint villages on our unique Yorkshire map. The Home button links you to many other parts of Yorkshire.guide And look below for our frequently updated page with some of our newest items about Yorkshire issues and events in more detail ....... York Guy was gunpowder plotter
If you're celebrating Bonfire Night, or Guy Fawkes Night, you might like to remember the Yorkshire roots of the best-known of the terrorist conspirators who in 1605 plotted to blow up King James I as he attended the state opening of Parliament.
Bonfire Night celebrates the thwarting of the plot on the night before the planned explosion on November 5.
After the plot was discovered, King James I passed an Act of Parliament in 1605 making November 5 a date of public thanksgiving to God. It became a date in church calendars and remained a law until 1859. To this day, more than 400 years later, there is still celebration through annual bonfires and the setting off of fireworks.
A search found Guy Fawkes, who assumed the name John Johnson, guarding the gunpowder in a cellar under Parliament with a firework in his pocket to light it.
Guy was 35 and had long been converted to Catholicism by the time of the plot to kill King James I with the motive of ending oppression of Catholics.
Guy's birth and upbringing, however, had been in York, not far from York Minster. He was baptised on April 16, 1570 at St Michael le Belfry Church nearby.
Although Bonfire Night celebrations often involve burning an effigy of Guy on the bonfire, his actual death came when he was taken to the gallows at Westminster on January 31, 1606, sentenced as a traitor to being hung, drawn and quartered. It is reputed he broke his neck by jumping or falling at the gallows thus sparing himself the latter part of his sentence being carried out while he was still alive.
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York's ghosts returning after dark
They feature in a ticketed illuminated evening event in the York Museum Gardens, King's Manor Courtyard and Library Lawn from Thursday November 5 to Sunday November 8.
Find out more about the event at this 
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Trams operating only half way to Halfway
Updated details can be found at this Travel South Yorkshire - Supertram web page.
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Tour de France Grand Départ in Yorkshire in 2027
The prestigious event boosted a massive interest in cycling in Yorkshire when the men's race Grand Départ was held in Yorkshire in 2014.
The Tour returns with the first two days of the women's race next year while the men's Scotland to Wales Grand Départ also reaches into historic Yorkshire.
The first day for the Tour de France Femmes will start at The Headrow in Leeds on Friday July 30, 2027, to head via Birstall , Heckmondwike , Mirfield and a hill climb to Kirkheaton before reaching Huddersfield .
The following day the race will head back from Manchester through the
The third day of the women's race will be in London before the cyclists head off to France.
Day 1 of the men's race heads from Scotland to England with a stage from Edinburgh to Carlisle. The short stretch of historic Yorkshire is on the Keswick to Liverpool stage on Day 2. The third day is in Wales with a stage from Welshpool to Cardiff.
Awesome abbeys
They can be found in abundance across Yorkshire, all providing rich pieces in a historic jigsaw showing the part these monastic communities played in the region between the 12th and 16th centuries.
You can find out more about Yorkshire’s monastic settlements on our Abbeys page, including which ones have free access and which require a ticket to visit.
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Cities Largest towns and cities Population Gazetteer Abbeys Castles Film locations Forest of Bowland Heritage Coast Heritage railways Highest mountains Historic Houses Howardian Hills Museums Nidderdale North Pennines North York Moors Peak District Racecourses Seaside York Yorkshire Dales Yorkshire football Railway stations On Ilkla Moor Baht ’at
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