Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vikings and Christianity
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Battle of the Standard
- A New Walk
- Middleham Jewel
- The Abbot's House
- The Medieval Abbey
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Multangular Tower
- Statue of an Athlete
- Church of St Helen
- York Art Gallery
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Minster Library
- De Grey Rooms