Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Margaret Clitherow
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- King Edward II and York
- Inscription to Hecules
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Stonegate
- First World War York
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Church of St Helen
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Rowntree Park