Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of an Athlete
- Barker Tower
- Gold Finger Ring
- York Central Library
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Anglian Cross
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The First Railway Station
- George Leeman
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Guy Fawkes
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The End of the Abbey
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Mary Ward