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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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Shambles
- The York Hoard
- New Shopping Centres
- Ouse Bridge
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The First Minster
- The New Theatre
- Gold Arm Ring
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Battle of the Standard
- Stonegate
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Assembly Rooms