Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Greyfriars
- Lendal Bridge
- Inscription to Hecules
- York Union Gas Works
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Bootham Bar
- The Norman Castle
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- New Earswick
- The Assembly Rooms
- New Shopping Centres