Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Aldwark Synagogue
- King Edward II and York
- Is York Cursed?
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York Castle Museum
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Crest of York St John College
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- York Garrison
- The Norman Minster
- The End of the Abbey
- The First Minster
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa