Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The New Theatre
- King Edward I and York
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The County Court House
- A New Vision For York
- 62 Low Petergate
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Black Death
- The Horn of Ulf
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Mystery Plays
- York's Airfield
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Cinema Comes to York
- Viking Sword Pommel
- View from Station Rise
- The Norman Castle