Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Dick Turpin
- Second World War York
- The Norman Castle
- Fishergate Bar
- Statue of the God Mars
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The George Fox Incident
- The Female Prison
- The Shambles
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- New Shopping Centres
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Alcuin of York
- The Cawood Sword
- Anglian Carving
- Monk Bar
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity