Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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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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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Abbey
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Red Tower
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- King Edward I and York
- York Union Gas Works
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The York Helmet
- The First Railway Station
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York Bombed
- Monk Bar
- The Norman Castle
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Yorkshire Museum
- Viking Sword Pommel