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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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The 1190 Massacre
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Railway Institute
- Industrial Upheaval
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The White Rose of York
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Barker Tower
- The Mystery Plays
- Jubbergate
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Guy Fawkes
- Margaret Clitherow
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Lendal Tower
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Female Prison