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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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Middleham Jewel
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Fire in the Minster
- Norman Window Frame
- Rowntree Park
- The Norman Abbey
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The 1190 Massacre
- Church of St Helen
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- King Edward I and York
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Medieval Minster