Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Jubbergate
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Female Prison
- The Medieval Abbey
- Victoria Bar
- Clifford's Tower
- The George Fox Incident
- Mary Ward
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Bronze weights
- Teaching the Poor
- Inscription to Hecules
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom