Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Abbot's House
- Rowntree Park
- Vikings and Christianity
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Mansion House
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Viking Boot
- Middleham Jewel
- York and the Holocaust
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Mystery Plays
- Anglian Cross
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Dick Turpin
- Monk Bar