Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Guildhall
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Church of St Olave
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- St Crux's Church
- The First Railway Station
- The York Hoard
- York Garrison
- Lendal Tower
- A New Vision For York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Red Tower
- York Union Gas Works
- York's Airfield
- The Roman Fortress
- Walmgate Bar
- The Medieval Abbey