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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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Guy Fawkes
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Basilica
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Multangular Tower
- Bronze weights
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Norman Minster
- Lendal Bridge
- 62 Low Petergate
- Fairfax House