Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Norman Window Frame
- The 1190 Massacre
- The County Court House
- Teaching the Poor
- The Debtors' Prison
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Military Belt Fitting
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Medieval Castle
- York's Airfield
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Church of St Olave
- Stonegate
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- George Leeman