Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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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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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Micklegate Bar
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- William Etty, Artist
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Aldwark Synagogue
- York Garrison
- St Leonard's Hospital
- De Grey Rooms
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- A Pipkin
- The Hospitium
- Statue of Napoleon