Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway Institute
- The First Minster
- Dick Turpin
- Statue of Napoleon
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The York Helmet
- Church of St Olave
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The End of the Abbey
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- New Earswick
- The Hospitium
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Alcuin of York
- Scarborough Bridge