Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Monk Bar
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Bronze weights
- The Norman Minster
- Scarborough Bridge
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Alcuin of York
- Ripon College for Women
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Statue of Napoleon
- Statue of the God Mars
- St William's Shrine
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Stonegate
- The Mansion House
- Trams Pulled by Horses