Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Finger Ring
- Middleham Jewel
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Victoria Bar
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Royal Station Hotel
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Barley Hall
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Rowntree Park
- Teaching the Poor
- St Crux's Church
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The George Fox Incident
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels