Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- York Garrison
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York in the fifteenth Century
- King Edward II and York
- The Shambles
- A Pipkin
- The York Hoard
- Is York Cursed?
- Lendal Bridge
- Water Lanes
- The Horn of Ulf
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Alcuin of York
- Bronze weights
- St William's Shrine
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels