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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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Female Prison
- King Edward III and York
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- King Richard III and York
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Aldwark Synagogue
- York Bombed
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- St William's Shrine
- The First Minster
- First World War Memorial
- Viking Sword Pommel
- 62 Low Petergate
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse