Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Victoria Bar
- Minster Library
- Water Lanes
- Royal Station Hotel
- New Shopping Centres
- View from Station Rise
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Church of St Olave
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The 1190 Massacre
- The York Observatory
- Mary Ward
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Railway Institute
- King Edward I and York
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop