Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Monk Bar
- Inscription to Hecules
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- 62 Low Petergate
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Fire in the Minster
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Assembly Rooms
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- King Edward III and York
- Aldwark Synagogue