Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Earswick
- Clifford's Tower
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Anglian Carving
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Rowntree Park
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Hospitium
- The Red Tower
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Lendal Tower
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- John Carr - Architect