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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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Norman Window Frame
- Fishergate Bar
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Viking Boot
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Assembly Rooms
- Bone Trial Piece
- 62 Low Petergate
- A Pipkin
- King Edward I and York
- Industrial Upheaval
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Minster in the 20th Century