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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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway Institute
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Lendal Bridge
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- York St John in the 20th Century
- New Earswick
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Barker Tower
- Medieval Prisons
- A New Vision For York
- York Castle Museum
- The Female Prison
- Judges Lodging
- Inscription to Hecules
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers