Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- A Pipkin
- The York Observatory
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Gold Finger Ring
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- York and the Holocaust
- York's Airfield
- Industrial Upheaval
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle