Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Walmgate Bar
- The Abbot's House
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Barker Tower
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Crest of York St John College
- York Union Gas Works
- Feeding Roman York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- View from Station Rise
- Silver Strap Ends
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Bootham School
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Multangular Tower
- The Guildhall
- Olive Oil Container