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 End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- First World War York
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Minster Library
- Jewbury Cemetery
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York Union Gas Works
- Skeldergate Bridge
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Bar Convent
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Church of St Helen
- Treasurer's House
- The New Theatre
- The 1190 Massacre
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier