Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The New Theatre
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Lendal Bridge
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- George Leeman
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Royal Station Hotel
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Railway Institute
- Yorkshire Museum
- A New University
- Military Belt Fitting