Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Basilica
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Ouse Bridge
- Inscription to Hecules
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Medieval Minster
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Sixties York
- Dick Turpin
- Statue of an Athlete
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- George Leeman