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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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Central Methodist Chapel
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Silver Strap Ends
- Lendal Tower
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The First Minster
- Treasurer's House
- The Debtors' Prison
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Norman Window Frame
- St Crux's Church
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Statue of Napoleon
- The White Rose of York