Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Coins
- York's Airfield
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Bootham School
- Anglian Cross
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Holy Trinity Church
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- A Pipkin
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- New Shopping Centres
- Statue of an Athlete
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Bar Convent
- Glazed Medieval Jug