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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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The New Theatre
- Bootham School
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Feeding Roman York
- The Norman House
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Barker Tower
- Dick Turpin
- The First Railway Station
- Church of St Helen
- The Cawood Sword
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Viking Coins
- The Bar Convent
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa