Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- De Grey Rooms
- The George Fox Incident
- Inscription to Hecules
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Mystery Plays
- Gold Finger Ring
- A Pipkin
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Ouse Bridge
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Norman Castle
- William Etty, Artist
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Bootham School
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The York Hoard
- Industrial Upheaval