Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The White Rose of York
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Viking Silk Cap
- Royal Station Hotel
- Rowntree Park
- Is York Cursed?
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Church of St Wilfrid
- William Etty, Artist
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Minster after the Reformation
- New Shopping Centres
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Monk Bar
- York St John in the 20th Century
- John Carr - Architect