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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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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Industrial Upheaval
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Alcuin of York
- Scarborough Bridge
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- A New Vision For York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Gold Finger Ring
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Ouse Bridge
- George Leeman
- Olive Oil Container
- Barley Hall