Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vikings and Christianity
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Anglian Carving
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Railway Institute
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- A Pipkin
- Inscription to Hecules
- The White Rose of York