Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The York Observatory
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Is York Cursed?
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Our Lady's Row
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Rowntree Park
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Norman Castle