Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Railway Station
- Stonegate
- Church of St Helen
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Jubbergate
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Black Death
- Barker Tower
- Bootham School
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- View from Station Rise
- Vikings and Christianity
- Clifford's Tower
- York Garrison
- The Greyfriars
- The York Hoard
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Railway King: George Hudson