Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Margaret Clitherow
- Anglian Carving
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Greyfriars
- A New Walk
- The Norman Abbey
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Anglian Cross
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- A New University
- William Etty, Artist
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier