Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Cawood Sword
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Bootham Bar
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Barley Hall
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Viking Coins
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Medieval Abbey
- York's Coat of Arms
- King Richard III and York
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa