Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Central Methodist Chapel
- York Art Gallery
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Basilica
- Margaret Clitherow
- Viking Male Grooming
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Debtors' Prison
- Bootham School
- Jubbergate
- Fishergate Bar
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Statue of Napoleon