Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The George Fox Incident
- Bone Trial Piece
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Debtors' Prison
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Lendal Bridge
- Statue of the God Mars
- Guy Fawkes
- The Victorian Prison Building
- A New University
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Middleham Jewel
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Abbot's House
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Railway King: George Hudson