Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St William's Shrine
- Clifford's Tower
- The Red Tower
- Mary Ward
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Mystery Plays
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Is York Cursed?
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The White Rose of York
- The York Observatory
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa