Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Minster Library
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Royal Station Hotel
- York Railway Station
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Olive Oil Container
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Lendal Tower
- The Retreat
- Gold Arm Ring