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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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Lendal Bridge
- New Earswick
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Church of St Helen
- Guy Fawkes
- The Medieval Minster
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Black Death
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- St William's Shrine
- York Castle Museum
- Walmgate Bar