Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- John Carr - Architect
- York and the Holocaust
- Vikings and Christianity
- Fairfax House
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Margaret Clitherow
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Red Tower
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- A New Vision For York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Rowntree Park