Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway Institute
- Mary Ward
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Rowntree Park
- King Edward II and York
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- York Railway Station
- The Norman Minster
- Feeding Roman York
- Royal Station Hotel
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle