Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The York Observatory
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Alcuin of York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Norman House
- 62 Low Petergate
- Water Lanes
- Royal Station Hotel
- Bootham Bar
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Stonegate
- The Newgate Cross Shaft