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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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Alcuin of York
- Viking Coins
- Second World War York
- Victoria Bar
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- York Bombed
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Royal Station Hotel
- Fire in the Minster
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The End of the Abbey
- Clifford's Tower
- Our Lady's Row
- Walmgate Bar
- St William's Shrine
- Sixties York
- Bronze weights