Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Helmet
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Red Tower
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Water Lanes
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Daniel Defoe's York
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Teaching the Poor
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Bronze weights
- Church of St Olave
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Minster in the 18th Century