Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Council of Arles
- St Leonard's Hospital
- George Leeman
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Bootham Bar
- Viking Boot
- The Debtors' Prison
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Church of St Olave
- Water Lanes
- King Richard II and York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Ouse Bridge
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Victoria Bar
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop