Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Railway Station
- A New Walk
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Black Death
- Statue of the God Mars
- York Bombed
- Industrial Upheaval
- A New University
- The Norman Castle
- George Leeman
- Mary Ward
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- King Richard II and York
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Minster Library
- Glazed Medieval Jug