Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of Napoleon
- First World War Memorial
- Water Lanes
- The Mystery Plays
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Gold Finger Ring
- St Crux's Church
- York Art Gallery
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- John Carr - Architect
- The Female Prison
- Scarborough Bridge
- Tombstone of Julia Velva