Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Silver Strap Ends
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Feeding Roman York
- A New Walk
- The Female Prison
- Fishergate Bar
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Mithras and Arimanius
- First World War York
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Victoria Bar
- Olive Oil Container
- Daniel Defoe's York
- King's Manor - Victorian