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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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Norman Window Frame
- The Retreat
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The York Observatory
- King Edward I and York
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Yorkshire Museum
- A New Vision For York
- The Greyfriars
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Medieval Minster
- York's Coat of Arms
- York's first historian: Francis Drake