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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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Dick Turpin
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- First World War Memorial
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- King Richard II and York
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Multangular Tower
- Micklegate Bar
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Military Belt Fitting
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- John Carr - Architect
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Viking Silk Cap
- Mary Ward