Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Medieval Prisons
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Water Lanes
- Holy Trinity Church
- Bootham Bar
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The New Theatre
- Church of St Helen
- York Bombed
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Victorian Prison Building
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The York Observatory