Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Walmgate Bar
- Minster Library
- Viking Coins
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Feeding Roman York
- The Shambles
- The Retreat
- Judges Lodging
- De Grey Rooms
- The Norman Minster
- Bronze weights
- Church of St Olave
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Mansion House
- Margaret Clitherow
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Pilgrimage of Grace