Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Margaret Clitherow
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Judges Lodging
- Roman Head Pot
- The Norman Minster
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Gold Arm Ring
- Sixties York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Water Lanes
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Norman Castle
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Female Prison
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre