Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Scarborough Bridge
- Clifford's Tower
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- View from Station Rise
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- St William's Shrine
- Sixties York
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Barley Hall