Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Greyfriars
- The York Observatory
- The Medieval Castle
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Crest of York St John College
- All Saints Church, North Street
- A New Vision For York
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Sixties York
- The Bar Convent
- Lendal Tower
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Aldwark Synagogue
- York Railway Station