Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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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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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Helen
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Minster Library
- The Assembly Rooms
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Royal Station Hotel
- Anglian Carving
- The Debtors' Prison
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- A New Walk
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Fire in the Minster
- The Basilica
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Anglian Cross