Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- 62 Low Petergate
- The First Railway Station
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Gold Arm Ring
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Walmgate Bar
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Margaret Clitherow
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Silver Strap Ends
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Medieval Abbey
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Statue of the God Mars