Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- George Leeman
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- A New Vision For York
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Bone Trial Piece
- View from Station Rise
- Margaret Clitherow
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Bootham Bar
- Guy Fawkes
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- St Crux's Church
- The Railway Institute
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Norman Window Frame
- The Basilica
- The Debtors' Prison