Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Yorkshire Museum
- York Castle Museum
- King Edward I and York
- York Bombed
- Viking Sword Pommel
- York Art Gallery
- Stonegate
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Statue of an Athlete
- Bronze weights
- The Railway Institute
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York and the Holocaust
- Statue of Napoleon