Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fire in the Minster
- Clifford's Tower
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Guildhall
- The Medieval Castle
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Scarborough Bridge
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Stonegate
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Black Death
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Elizabeth Boardingham