Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Assembly Rooms
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Stonegate
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Battle of the Standard
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Gold Finger Ring
- Middleham Jewel
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Dick Turpin
- The Retreat
- The Female Prison
- The County Court House