Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Castle
- York Garrison
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Water Lanes
- Middleham Jewel
- The Medieval Minster
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The First Minster
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Teaching the Poor
- Fire in the Minster
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Bootham Bar
- Dick Turpin