Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- York and the Holocaust
- Monk Bar
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Red Tower
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Sixties York
- Ouse Bridge
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Cawood Sword