Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- A New Walk
- Barker Tower
- Statue of an Athlete
- Yorkshire Museum
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Debtors' Prison
- Constantius Chlorus
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Battle of Marston Moor