Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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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...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Teaching the Poor
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Cawood Sword
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Industrial Upheaval
- Central Methodist Chapel
- York's Coat of Arms
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Roman Head Pot
- Rowntree Park
- Crest of York St John College
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- First World War York
- Bootham School
- Daniel Defoe's York