Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Barker Tower
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Abbot's House
- Bronze weights
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Industrial Upheaval
- Cinema Comes to York
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Mary Ward
- Bone Trial Piece
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Teaching the Poor
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- King Edward I and York
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Statue of Napoleon