Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fire in the Minster
- The Cawood Sword
- The Mystery Plays
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- A New Vision For York
- Church of St Helen
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Our Lady's Row
- York Union Gas Works
- Victoria Bar
- View from Station Rise
- The Red Tower
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Lendal Tower
- Alcuin of York
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa