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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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Is York Cursed?
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- King Richard II and York
- Statue of the God Mars
- Barley Hall
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Fishergate Bar
- Middleham Jewel
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Assembly Rooms
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Roman Fortress
- The Hospitium