Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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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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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of Napoleon
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Viking Coins
- The 1190 Massacre
- The York Helmet
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Lendal Bridge
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Stonegate
- Industrial Upheaval
- Monk Bar
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Norman Castle
- New Shopping Centres
- Barker Tower