Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Roman Head Pot
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- St William's Shrine
- The Debtors' Prison
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Fairfax House
- King Edward II and York
- Constantius Chlorus
- Cinema Comes to York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Norman Abbey
- Crest of York St John College
- Is York Cursed?
- The Norman Castle
- The George Fox Incident