Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Dick Turpin
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Minster Library
- Jubbergate
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York Castle Museum
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- York Central Library
- Bronze weights
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Military Belt Fitting
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Bootham School
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Royal Station Hotel