Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Water Lanes
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Fishergate Bar
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- First World War Memorial
- Clifford's Tower
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Norman Abbey
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Industrial Upheaval
- Victoria Bar
- Medieval Prisons