Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Teaching the Poor
- View from Station Rise
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Guy Fawkes
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Jubbergate
- The Abbot's House
- King Edward II and York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Margaret Clitherow
- The York Hoard
- Water Lanes
- The Medieval Minster
- The Railway Institute
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Guildhall