Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Shopping Centres
- George Leeman
- View from Station Rise
- William Etty, Artist
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Skeldergate Bridge
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Female Prison
- Margaret Clitherow
- Anglian Cross
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Minster Library
- York Union Gas Works
- Crest of York St John College
- Cinema Comes to York
- Anglian Carving