Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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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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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- Fire in the Minster
- St William's Shrine
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- A New Vision For York
- Medieval Prisons
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Barley Hall
- The Female Prison
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Assembly Rooms
- Jubbergate
- The Medieval Minster
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Shambles