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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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- George Leeman
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Gold Arm Ring
- King Richard III and York
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Council of Arles
- A New Vision For York
- The End of the Abbey
- The Roman Fortress
- The Medieval Minster
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Bar Convent
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Female Prison
- York and the Holocaust