Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Battle of the Standard
- Margaret Clitherow
- The York Observatory
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Sixties York
- Military Belt Fitting
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Middleham Jewel
- The Mansion House
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Inscription to Hecules
- Our Lady's Row
- Bootham School
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Medieval Castle
- The Crossed Keys Symbol