Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Richard II and York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Mary Ward
- Yorkshire Museum
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Bronze weights
- The Assembly Rooms
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Abbot's House
- Fire in the Minster
- York Central Library
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Vikings and Christianity
- George Leeman
- Roman Head Pot