Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Basilica
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The York Hoard
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Bootham School
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Viking Boot
- King Richard II and York
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Retreat
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Skeldergate Bridge
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York Castle Museum
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)