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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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Norman House
- A New Walk
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Barker Tower
- The Norman Minster
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Royal Station Hotel
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Anglian Hanging Bowl