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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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham School
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Norman Abbey
- The Norman House
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Railway Institute
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Lendal Bridge
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Bar Convent
- New Earswick
- Teaching the Poor
- St William's Shrine
- Anglian Carving
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Feeding Roman York