Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fishergate Bar
- The Norman Minster
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Bronze weights
- Lendal Bridge
- The Hospitium
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Fairfax House
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- King Richard III and York
- Minster Library
- Vikings and Christianity
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The First Railway Station
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Medieval Prisons
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The County Court House