Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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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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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Crest of York St John College
- 62 Low Petergate
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Barker Tower
- New Earswick
- Anglian Cross
- Daniel Defoe's York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Mansion House
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Debtors' Prison
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Olive Oil Container
- The 1190 Massacre