Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Norman Abbey
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Industrial Upheaval
- King Edward II and York
- First World War York
- Bootham Bar
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Debtors' Prison
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Guildhall
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Inscription to Hecules
- Jubbergate