Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Earswick
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Hospitium
- Viking Sword Pommel
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Treasurer's House
- Bronze weights
- York and the Holocaust
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Minster Library
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- York Central Library
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Viking Silk Cap