Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Basilica
- Roman Head Pot
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Viking Silk Cap
- De Grey Rooms
- Micklegate Bar
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Ripon College for Women
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- King Edward II and York
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Norman Castle
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Crest of York St John College
- Church of St Wilfrid