Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway Institute
- Gold Finger Ring
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- King Edward II and York
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- York and the Holocaust
- York Art Gallery
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Yorkshire Museum
- William Etty, Artist
- Fairfax House
- Vale of York Viking Hoard