Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Royal Station Hotel
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Viking Boot
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Railway Institute
- York Railway Station
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Anglian Cross
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Victorian Prison Building
- 62 Low Petergate
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Middleham Jewel
- Bronze weights