Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Red Tower
- Guy Fawkes
- Fire in the Minster
- John Carr - Architect
- William Etty, Artist
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Anglian Cross
- St William's Shrine
- The Assembly Rooms
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Rebuilt in Stone
- York Castle Museum
- Monk Bar
- All Saints Church, North Street
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Church of St Helen