Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Walmgate Bar
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Our Lady's Row
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York Bombed
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Is York Cursed?
- The Multangular Tower
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Anglian Carving
- The Norman Minster
- Bootham Bar
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Roman Head Pot
- St Leonard's Hospital