Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- King Richard III and York
- York and the Holocaust
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- George Leeman
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Dick Turpin
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The York Observatory
- First World War Memorial
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- View from Station Rise
- Walmgate Bar