Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- Transport Moves On
- The Black Death
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Basilica
- York Central Library
- Military Belt Fitting
- First World War York
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Royal Station Hotel
- The 1190 Massacre
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom