Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Union Gas Works
- The Mystery Plays
- The Norman Minster
- Sixties York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The George Fox Incident
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- New Shopping Centres
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Bootham Bar
- Guy Fawkes
- The York Helmet
- The Medieval Castle
- York Castle Museum
- Mithras and Arimanius