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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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Our Lady's Row
- York Union Gas Works
- Statue of an Athlete
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Bar Convent
- Teaching the Poor
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Barley Hall
- Bootham Bar
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Railway Institute
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Anglian Carving
- Cinema Comes to York
- Church of St Olave
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop