Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Carving
- New Earswick
- The New Theatre
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Norman Castle
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Medieval Minster
- The Norman House
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The York Hoard
- The Shambles
- York's Airfield
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Black Death