Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Ripon College for Women
- Clifford's Tower
- Constantius Chlorus
- Bronze weights
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The County Court House
- 62 Low Petergate
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Judges Lodging
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The White Rose of York
- Ouse Bridge
- The Minster in the 19th Century