Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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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...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Lendal Bridge
- Treasurer's House
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- York Castle Museum
- York Union Gas Works
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Hospitium
- Transport Moves On
- The End of the Abbey
- Margaret Clitherow
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Norman House
- Bootham Bar
- First World War Memorial
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)