Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Medieval Castle
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The York Helmet
- King Richard III and York
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Military Belt Fitting
- Is York Cursed?
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- York Union Gas Works
- Jubbergate
- Anglian Cross
- The Medieval Abbey
- Guy Fawkes
- Olive Oil Container
- The New Theatre