Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Red Tower
- Constantius Chlorus
- Ripon College for Women
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- A New Walk
- Statue of the God Mars
- King Richard III and York
- The First Minster
- Lendal Bridge
- Second World War York
- Is York Cursed?
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Barker Tower
- The George Fox Incident
- St Columba's United Reformed Church