Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Olave
- Bone Trial Piece
- Viking Male Grooming
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- A New Walk
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Red Tower
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Is York Cursed?
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Female Prison
- Vikings and Christianity
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Walmgate Bar