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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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Walk
- York's Coat of Arms
- Our Lady's Row
- York Railway Station
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- St Crux's Church
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Roman Head Pot
- The York Hoard
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- King Edward II and York
- The Norman Castle
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Abbot's House
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Bones of a Roman Combatant