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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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Red Tower
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Basilica
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Railway Institute
- The Mansion House
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Guy Fawkes
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Female Prison
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Constantius Chlorus
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Assembly Rooms
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa