Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Abbot's House
- Ripon College for Women
- Stonegate
- Bronze weights
- The First Minster
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Margaret Clitherow
- Industrial Upheaval
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Medieval Prisons
- The Debtors' Prison
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Battle of the Standard
- Mary Ward
- St Leonard's Hospital
- A New Walk