Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Treasurer's House
- The Greyfriars
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- A Pipkin
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Norman Castle
- Statue of Napoleon
- Bootham Bar
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The End of the Abbey
- Transport Moves On
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Debtors' Prison