Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Ouse Bridge
- King Edward II and York
- The Assembly Rooms
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Red Tower
- Rowntree Park
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- New Earswick
- The Greyfriars
- York Union Gas Works
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- George Leeman
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Vikings and Christianity
- The York Observatory
- View from Station Rise