Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Richard III and York
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Medieval Prisons
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Norman Castle
- The York Hoard
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- York and the Holocaust
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- York's Coat of Arms
- Industrial Upheaval
- A New Vision For York
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Multangular Tower
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Black Death