Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Abbey
- Stonegate
- Church of St Olave
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Norman Castle
- The Railway Institute
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York Central Library
- Middleham Jewel
- The New Theatre
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The York Hoard
- Medieval Prisons
- St William's Shrine
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Roman Fortress