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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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Art Gallery
- Scarborough Bridge
- Anglian Cross
- Margaret Clitherow
- Clifford's Tower
- Medieval Prisons
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Hospitium
- The Basilica
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Jubbergate
- All Saints Church, North Street
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Amber Bead Workshop