Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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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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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Basilica
- First World War Memorial
- Gold Finger Ring
- York and the Holocaust
- Roman Head Pot
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York Garrison
- Middleham Jewel
- The Norman Abbey
- Rowntree Park
- The Greyfriars
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- George Leeman
- The Debtors' Prison
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Railway Institute
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Anglian Hanging Bowl