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Murton Park (York)
Newest Review: ... where groups of school children are dressed up in costume and 'live' for a day as a Saxon, Viking, 11th Century peasant or a Roman auxiliary. Please note there may be restrictions to access while school groups are on site. The school groups that are regularly on site though the week do a variety of jobs suitable to the period these generally include pottery, farming, and house ... more  ... keeping which includes gathering firewood, grinding corn and cleaning. Finally they get to be a guard to help defend the village against danger which can include a raid on the village to see if they have learnt everything and to keep them in their toes. Brig...more |
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by - written on 31/08/02
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Slaughtered animals galore - Advantages: none - Disadvantages: linked with abbatoir, disgusting smell of rotting animals, need i say more?
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by - written on 20/02/01 (Very useful, 434 readings)
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Murton Park is a very varied day out for all with many attractions for one price all on one ten acre site only three miles from York, Yorkshire Museum of Farming, Derwent Light valley railway, Danelaw a Dark Age Village and Brigantium a replica Roman Fort with Celtic Roundhouses. The Yorkshire Museum of Farming has a selection of farming machinery from all aspects of farming in the Four Seasons and animals in the Livestock Building and in the fields around the site. Derwent Light Valley Railway has a selection of working steam and diesel engines, which run up a quarter of a mile of track on selected days there is also a station which was moved piece be ... Read the complete review
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