Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Cawood Sword
- King Edward II and York
- Norman Window Frame
- Statue of the God Mars
- Bronze weights
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Council of Arles
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Railway Institute
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Teaching the Poor
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- St William's Shrine
- York's Airfield
- York's Medieval Synagogue