Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Anglian Cross
- William Etty, Artist
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- York in the fifteenth Century
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Council of Arles
- First World War Memorial
- Central Methodist Chapel
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Norman Castle
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa