Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Basilica
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Cawood Sword
- The Multangular Tower
- The Guildhall
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Horn of Ulf
- Church of St Wilfrid
- View from Station Rise
- The First Minster
- The 1190 Massacre
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- King Edward I and York
- Bronze weights
- All Saints Church, North Street
- York Garrison