Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- First World War York
- Roman Head Pot
- Statue of the God Mars
- York Bombed
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Medieval Castle
- Viking Sword Pommel
- St William's Shrine
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Victoria Bar
- King Richard II and York
- Dick Turpin
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'