Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Mansion House
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Scarborough Bridge
- York Bombed
- Anglian Carving
- The Norman Abbey
- Sixties York
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- New Shopping Centres
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Guy Fawkes
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- All Saints Church, North Street