Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New University
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Female Prison
- The Abbot's House
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Council of Arles
- The Assembly Rooms
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Bootham School
- The Norman Minster
- Jubbergate
- The Shambles
- The First Minster
- The Guildhall