Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Lendal Bridge
- Scarborough Bridge
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Anglian Cross
- Stonegate
- The Norman Castle
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- De Grey Rooms
- York Union Gas Works
- The Horn of Ulf
- Ripon College for Women
- The Railway Institute
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The York Observatory