Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mansion House
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Bone Trial Piece
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The York Observatory
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Barley Hall
- The Female Prison
- King Richard II and York
- The First Minster
- The Medieval Minster
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Medieval Castle