H. V. Morton, Long exposure, Dusk

"The minster chimes strike ten. I go to bed very conscious that I am sleeping within the white walls of York, loving her beauty, her peace, her dignity, and the calm, unhurried way she has..." - H. V. Morton, The Call of England

H. V. Morton, Travel, City walls

"She does not ask you to love her: she is like London in that. She is there: she is York." - H. V. Morton, The Call of England

H. V. Morton, Architecture, Cathedral

"...and right ahead, that classic view of York Minster lifting its towers above the city and the white wall twisting on and on..." - H. V. Morton

Cathedral, Architecture, H. V. Morton

"York is the loveliest city in all England. She is England's last real anchor to the Middle Ages." - H. V. Morton, The Call of England

Architecture, H. V. Morton, City walls

"The walls offer you a three-mile walk, which I consider to be the best before-breakfast walk in England." - H. V. Morton, The Call of England

Railway stations, Travel, H. V. Morton

"The curved platforms of York are well worth the study of any man interested in the personalities of stations." - H. V. Morton, The Call of England

Trains, Travel, H. V. Morton

"Was London really only a few hours away down the road? I asked myself. I had made the break."- H. V. Morton, The Call of England

Travel, Adventure, H. V. Morton

"On one of those gold mornings which April borrows from June, I set out alone in search of new adventures."- H. V. Morton, The Call of England