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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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of an Athlete
- Bronze weights
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Norman Window Frame
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Greyfriars
- Monk Bar
- Bone Trial Piece
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- King Edward I and York
- The Medieval Castle
- York and the Holocaust
- Ouse Bridge
- York Garrison
- The Roman Fortress
- The Council of Arles
- The Victorian Prison Building