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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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Council of Arles
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- John Carr - Architect
- York Castle Museum
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Medieval Castle
- William Etty, Artist
- Second World War York
- Olive Oil Container
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Dick Turpin
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Battle of the Standard
- Constantius Chlorus
- St William's Shrine
- Feeding Roman York