Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vikings and Christianity
- York Bombed
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- King Edward II and York
- The White Rose of York
- Industrial Upheaval
- The York Hoard
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Cawood Sword
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Norman Abbey
- St Crux's Church
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The York Observatory
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning