Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Guildhall
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- William Etty, Artist
- The Norman House
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Medieval Minster
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Yorkshire Museum
- King Edward II and York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Medieval Prisons