Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Greyfriars
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- York Union Gas Works
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- First World War Memorial
- The First Railway Station
- The Assembly Rooms
- Mary Ward
- The Bar Convent
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- York Castle Museum
- York's Coat of Arms
- Water Lanes
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Bronze weights
- Holy Trinity Church
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Church of St Helen