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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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fairfax House
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Assembly Rooms
- Bone Trial Piece
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- St Crux's Church
- The Medieval Castle
- The Black Death
- The Railway Institute
- Barker Tower
- Bootham Bar
- King Edward III and York
- The Medieval Abbey
- Crest of York St John College
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Medieval Minster
- York's Medieval Synagogue