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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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Bar Convent
- The Shambles
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Mystery Plays
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The White Rose of York
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Treasurer's House
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Second World War York
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers