Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Military Belt Fitting
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Retreat
- A New University
- St Crux's Church
- Monk Bar
- York Railway Station
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Minster Library
- The Norman House
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Basilica
- Our Lady's Row
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church