Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- 62 Low Petergate
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Teaching the Poor
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Lendal Tower
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- York Union Gas Works
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Olive Oil Container
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York Garrison
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Barley Hall