Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vikings and Christianity
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Norman House
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Margaret Clitherow
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Stonegate
- The First Minster
- Alcuin of York
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Fire in the Minster