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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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The New Theatre
- Stonegate
- York's Coat of Arms
- Barker Tower
- Barley Hall
- York Castle Museum
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Basilica
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Norman Window Frame
- Medieval Prisons
- Holy Trinity Church
- Fishergate Bar
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The York Helmet