Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Clifford's Tower
- Fishergate Bar
- The Hospitium
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- York Castle Museum
- Constantius Chlorus
- York's Coat of Arms
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Cawood Sword
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Norman House
- King Edward I and York