Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Guildhall
- The Roman Fortress
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Medieval Minster
- Crest of York St John College
- Alcuin of York
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Cinema Comes to York
- Bronze weights
- Judges Lodging
- The First Minster
- Viking Boot
- The Hospitium
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Minster in the 20th Century