Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Medieval Abbey
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Cawood Sword
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Inscription to Hecules
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Norman Castle
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- First World War York
- St Crux's Church
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Victorian Prison Building