Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Victoria Bar
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Mary Ward
- York Castle Museum
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Basilica
- Alcuin of York
- Minster Library
- William Etty, Artist
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Ripon College for Women
- The First Railway Station
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Inscription to Hecules
- Vikings and Christianity