Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Barley Hall
- Church of St Olave
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Anglian Cross
- York Garrison
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Norman House
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- A New Walk
- Alcuin of York
- De Grey Rooms
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- A New Vision For York
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior