Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Minster after the Reformation
- St William's Shrine
- Olive Oil Container
- Fairfax House
- The County Court House
- Yorkshire Museum
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Dick Turpin
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Anglian Cross
- Church of St Helen
- York Castle Museum
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Abbot's House
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Rowntree Park