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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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Railway Station
- The Guildhall
- Royal Station Hotel
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Cinema Comes to York
- The George Fox Incident
- York and the Holocaust
- Guy Fawkes
- The Mystery Plays
- Anglian Cross
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Bootham School
- First World War York
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Central Methodist Chapel