Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Guildhall
- The York Observatory
- A New University
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Ripon College for Women
- Rowntree Park
- King Edward I and York
- King Edward II and York
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Bar Convent
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Guy Fawkes
- Industrial Upheaval
- New Earswick
- The Railway Institute
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- King Edward III and York