Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Teaching the Poor
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The White Rose of York
- First World War Memorial
- Lendal Tower
- The Female Prison
- King Richard II and York
- Inscription to Hecules
- Daniel Defoe's York
- York Art Gallery
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Micklegate Bar
- The Greyfriars
- Bootham Bar
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Mystery Plays
- York's Airfield