Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Observatory
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- St William's Shrine
- Statue of Napoleon
- Statue of an Athlete
- York Union Gas Works
- York St John in the 20th Century
- King Edward III and York
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Abbot's House
- Norman Window Frame
- Yorkshire Museum
- Bootham School
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Bones of a Roman Combatant