Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Mary Ward
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Statue of the God Mars
- York's Airfield
- St Crux's Church
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Barley Hall
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Holy Trinity Church
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Mithras and Arimanius
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Gold Finger Ring
- A Pipkin