Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Vision For York
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Basilica
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The George Fox Incident
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Battle of the Standard
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Abbot's House
- The White Rose of York
- Roman Head Pot
- The Council of Arles
- Micklegate Bar
- The Retreat
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Middleham Jewel