Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Shambles
- York in the fifteenth Century
- First World War Memorial
- Vikings and Christianity
- Barker Tower
- Mary Ward
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Church of St Helen
- Bronze weights
- Judges Lodging
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- York St John in the 20th Century