Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- York Central Library
- The Mansion House
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Anglian Carving
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Shambles
- Yorkshire Museum
- York Bombed
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Minster Library
- King Edward III and York