Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward II and York
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York's Coat of Arms
- Church of St Olave
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Walmgate Bar
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Retreat
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Clifford's Tower
- St William's Shrine
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The York Helmet
- A New University
- Middleham Jewel