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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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Fishergate Bar
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Black Death
- Sixties York
- Church of St Wilfrid
- King Edward I and York
- Mary Ward
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Rowntree Park