Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
-
A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
-
Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
-
Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
-
Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
-
Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
-
Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
-
A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
-
The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The George Fox Incident
- John Carr - Architect
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Statue of Napoleon
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Mystery Plays
- The First Minster
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- York Bombed
- The Greyfriars
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The County Court House
- York in the fifteenth Century