Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Earswick
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Red Tower
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Teaching the Poor
- York Union Gas Works
- The End of the Abbey
- Statue of an Athlete
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York Castle Museum
- The Abbot's House
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Transport Moves On
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Fire in the Minster
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa