Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Viking Coins
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Hospitium
- First World War Memorial
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York and the Holocaust
- The York Helmet
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Second World War York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Statue of an Athlete
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions