Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- King Richard III and York
- Constantius Chlorus
- Military Belt Fitting
- First World War Memorial
- Statue of the God Mars
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Victorian Prison Building
- New Earswick
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Lendal Tower
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Holy Trinity Church
- Our Lady's Row
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries