Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- William Etty, Artist
- The Norman Minster
- The Hospitium
- The White Rose of York
- The County Court House
- York Union Gas Works
- Fishergate Bar
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Statue of an Athlete
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Ouse Bridge
- Our Lady's Row
- York and the Holocaust
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Treasurer's House
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector