Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Hoard
- Viking Boot
- Constantius Chlorus
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Victoria Bar
- The Horn of Ulf
- Walmgate Bar
- King Richard III and York
- York Castle Museum
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The First Railway Station
- First World War York
- York's Airfield
- View from Station Rise
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Viking Coins
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- A New Walk