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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Mystery Plays
- The Norman Minster
- York Central Library
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Middleham Jewel
- The Battle of the Standard
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Debtors' Prison
- Jewbury Cemetery
- William Etty, Artist
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The York Hoard
- The Bar Convent
- Fishergate Bar
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier