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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Statue of the God Mars
- Norman Window Frame
- Statue of Napoleon
- Sixties York
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Guildhall
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The York Helmet
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Bronze weights
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior