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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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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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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Bronze weights
- Minster Library
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The York Observatory
- The York Helmet
- The End of the Abbey
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Jubbergate
- The County Court House
- Royal Station Hotel
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Roman Fortress
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Mystery Plays