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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Clifford's Tower
- Our Lady's Row
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The George Fox Incident
- York and the Holocaust
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Bootham School
- Rowntree Park
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Ripon College for Women
- Viking Boot
- The York Helmet
- King Richard II and York
- Victoria Bar
- The York Hoard