Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Guy Fawkes
- A New Walk
- The Basilica
- King Richard III and York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Red Tower
- The New Theatre
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Margaret Clitherow
- King Edward II and York
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Bones of a Roman Combatant