Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Norman Window Frame
- The Medieval Minster
- New Earswick
- Fishergate Bar
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The End of the Abbey
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Is York Cursed?
- Inscription to Hecules
- First World War York
- The First Railway Station
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Greyfriars
- Skeldergate Bridge
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Minster in the 19th Century