Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Norman Abbey
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Fire in the Minster
- The Medieval Abbey
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Viking Coins
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- York Union Gas Works