Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Barley Hall
- First World War York
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- De Grey Rooms
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Red Tower
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- St Leonard's Hospital
- First World War Memorial
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The New Theatre
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Silver Strap Ends
- The First Minster
- The Newgate Cross Shaft