Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Railway Station
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Amber Bead Workshop
- George Leeman
- Military Belt Fitting
- First World War Memorial
- The Female Prison
- The Hospitium
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Dick Turpin
- The Council of Arles
- Church of St Olave
- Middleham Jewel
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Norman Minster
- Statue of the God Mars