Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- De Grey Rooms
- Rowntree Park
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Norman Minster
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Yorkshire Museum
- Is York Cursed?
- The Mystery Plays
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Assembly Rooms
- Fire in the Minster
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Debtors' Prison
- Micklegate Bar
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Second World War York