Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Retreat
- Micklegate Bar
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Central Methodist Chapel
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Bootham School
- The Mansion House
- Church of St Helen
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York Castle Museum
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The County Court House
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The First Minster
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning