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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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Abbey
- York Art Gallery
- The Cawood Sword
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Fire in the Minster
- Judges Lodging
- Feeding Roman York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Black Death
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Norman Abbey
- Fairfax House
- A New Walk
- William Etty, Artist
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill