Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Red Tower
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Clifford's Tower
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York Central Library
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York in the fifteenth Century
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Fairfax House
- The Assembly Rooms
- Guy Fawkes
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Inside the Roman Fortress