Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The George Fox Incident
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Scarborough Bridge
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Rowntree Park
- York Castle Museum
- York's Airfield
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Medieval Minster
- The Multangular Tower
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Industrial Upheaval
- Micklegate Bar
- Anglian Carving
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Bar Convent