Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Council of Arles
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- First World War Memorial
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- York Union Gas Works
- York Central Library
- Minster Library
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Church of St Helen
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York Art Gallery
- Bootham School
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Debtors' Prison
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre