Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Church of St Olave
- The Medieval Castle
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Norman Minster
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Fairfax House
- View from Station Rise
- Viking Coins
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Guy Fawkes