Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Bombed
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- King Richard II and York
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Debtors' Prison
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York Railway Station
- Transport Moves On
- York Union Gas Works
- The Shambles
- The First Minster
- New Earswick
- Ouse Bridge
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Cinema Comes to York
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Ripon College for Women