Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Stonegate
- Our Lady's Row
- King Edward II and York
- Fire in the Minster
- St Crux's Church
- The Debtors' Prison
- Medieval Prisons
- The Bar Convent
- The York Helmet
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Walmgate Bar
- The White Rose of York
- Treasurer's House
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Mary Ward
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Retreat