Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Helmet
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Judges Lodging
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Bronze weights
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Barley Hall
- King Edward III and York
- Viking Male Grooming
- Roman Head Pot
- The York Hoard
- Church of St Helen
- Second World War York
- St Crux's Church
- Is York Cursed?
- Ouse Bridge
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior