Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The George Fox Incident
- The Norman Abbey
- The Victorian Prison Building
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Monk Bar
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- De Grey Rooms
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Battle of the Standard
- Anglian Cross
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Micklegate Bar