Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Jewbury Cemetery
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Norman Castle
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Middleham Jewel
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York Castle Museum
- De Grey Rooms
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Second World War York
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Clifford's Tower
- Statue of Napoleon