Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The County Court House
- Guy Fawkes
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Alcuin of York
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Teaching the Poor
- Ouse Bridge
- Judges Lodging
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Fairfax House