Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Walmgate Bar
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Retreat
- Victoria Bar
- Margaret Clitherow
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Feeding Roman York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Shambles
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- York Castle Museum
- The York Observatory