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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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Vikings and Christianity
- New Shopping Centres
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Railway Institute
- The End of the Abbey
- New Earswick
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Hospitium
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Medieval Castle
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Victorian Prison Building
- King Edward III and York
- Church of St Olave