Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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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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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The New Theatre
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Scarborough Bridge
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Black Death
- St Crux's Church
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York Railway Station
- Viking Boot
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Treasurer's House
- King Richard II and York
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The End of the Abbey