Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Bar Convent
- Rebuilt in Stone
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Rowntree Park
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Second World War York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Olive Oil Container
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Victoria Bar
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Lendal Bridge
- King Edward I and York