Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of the God Mars
- Anglian Cross
- The Norman Minster
- Ouse Bridge
- Skeldergate Bridge
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Sixties York
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The First Railway Station
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Minster Library
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Central Methodist Chapel
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- King Richard II and York
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill