Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eric Bloodaxe
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Inscription to Hecules
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- King Edward III and York
- The Greyfriars
- The Debtors' Prison
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Our Lady's Row
- The Abbot's House
- Central Methodist Chapel
- New Shopping Centres
- Daniel Defoe's York
- A Pipkin
- Church of St Olave
- King Richard II and York