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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree Park
- Scarborough Bridge
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Monk Bar
- The Red Tower
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Guy Fawkes
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The York Helmet
- Sixties York
- Fire in the Minster
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Vikings and Christianity
- Is York Cursed?