Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Prisons
- The Basilica
- View from Station Rise
- King Edward III and York
- The George Fox Incident
- The Multangular Tower
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Debtors' Prison
- St Crux's Church
- Viking Coins
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Mary Ward
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Roman Fortress
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Pilgrimage of Grace