Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Micklegate Bar
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Military Belt Fitting
- Middleham Jewel
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The County Court House
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Norman Window Frame
- Is York Cursed?
- Victoria Bar
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- A New University
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The 1190 Massacre
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Rowntree Park