Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Royal Station Hotel
- Ouse Bridge
- Church of St Helen
- Viking Boot
- York's Coat of Arms
- Statue of an Athlete
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The 1190 Massacre
- Statue of the God Mars
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Fairfax House
- Vikings and Christianity
- Stonegate
- King Richard II and York