Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Church of St Helen
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Horn of Ulf
- York Union Gas Works
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The York Observatory
- George Leeman
- Medieval Prisons
- Transport Moves On
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Monk Bar
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Minster in the 18th Century