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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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Cawood Sword
- The Norman Castle
- The Mansion House
- Margaret Clitherow
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Fishergate Bar
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Transport Moves On
- Statue of Napoleon
- King Edward III and York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Bootham School
- Judges Lodging
- Bootham Bar
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Norman Abbey