Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Stonegate
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- William Etty, Artist
- A Pipkin
- King Edward II and York
- The Shambles
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Abbot's House
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- New Earswick
- Crest of York St John College
- The New Theatre
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Our Lady's Row