Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Walk
- Sixties York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- New Earswick
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Female Prison
- Micklegate Bar
- Dick Turpin
- York and the Holocaust
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Middleham Jewel
- The Hospitium
- The Abbot's House
- Clifford's Tower
- Fire in the Minster
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- George Leeman