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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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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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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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Abbot's House
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Bootham School
- The Victorian Prison Building
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Mithras and Arimanius
- New Earswick
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Battle of the Standard
- View from Station Rise
- A New Walk