Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Scarborough Bridge
- The White Rose of York
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Church of St Helen
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Cawood Sword
- Constantius Chlorus
- Walmgate Bar
- Minster Library
- Transport Moves On
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)