Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mary Ward
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- King Richard III and York
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The George Fox Incident
- York Castle Museum
- George Leeman
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Multangular Tower
- First World War Memorial
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The York Hoard
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- First World War York
- The County Court House