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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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fairfax House
- Bronze weights
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Guildhall
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Medieval Castle
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Feeding Roman York
- Barley Hall
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Norman Castle
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Hospitium