Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Statue of Napoleon
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Female Prison
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Fire in the Minster
- York Castle Museum
- Crest of York St John College
- Anglian Carving
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Military Belt Fitting
- View from Station Rise
- Central Methodist Chapel
- St William's Shrine
- The Basilica