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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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St William's Shrine
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Medieval Castle
- Our Lady's Row
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Mary Ward
- Aldwark Synagogue
- First World War Memorial
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- De Grey Rooms
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Medieval Abbey