Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fairfax House
- George Leeman
- Olive Oil Container
- King Edward I and York
- Alcuin of York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Viking Silk Cap
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Norman Minster
- The Debtors' Prison
- Lendal Tower
- York Castle Museum
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The York Observatory
- The Multangular Tower
- The Council of Arles
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Minster after the Reformation