Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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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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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Statue of the God Mars
- Walmgate Bar
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Cawood Sword
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The York Observatory
- The Railway Institute
- Water Lanes
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- View from Station Rise
- Feeding Roman York
- Church of St Wilfrid