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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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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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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Middleham Jewel
- King Richard III and York
- Statue of an Athlete
- A New Walk
- York and the Holocaust
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Walmgate Bar
- York Railway Station
- Inscription to Hecules
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Transport Moves On
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The New Theatre
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'