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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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Coins
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Clifford's Tower
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Debtors' Prison
- George Leeman
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Judges Lodging
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Basilica
- A New Vision For York
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Lendal Tower
- The York Observatory
- Trams Pulled by Horses