Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Clifford's Tower
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Industrial Upheaval
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Lendal Tower
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Micklegate Bar
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Alcuin of York
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Minster in the 19th Century