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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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mithras and Arimanius
- First World War Memorial
- The Debtors' Prison
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Yorkshire Museum
- Rowntree Park
- The Shambles
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Medieval Castle
- Lendal Tower
- Bootham Bar
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York and the Holocaust
- Inscription to Hecules
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'