Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Is York Cursed?
- Church of St Helen
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Rowntree Park
- A New Vision For York
- The Shambles
- The End of the Abbey
- William Etty, Artist
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- George Leeman
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Medieval Minster
- Barley Hall
- Anglian Burial Vessel