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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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Anglian Carving
- New Earswick
- Fishergate Bar
- Alcuin of York
- Bootham School
- The Mansion House
- Roman Head Pot
- Bootham Bar
- The Hospitium
- The Norman Minster
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The York Helmet
- The Female Prison
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Mithras and Arimanius
- St Columba's United Reformed Church