Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ouse Bridge
- Margaret Clitherow
- 62 Low Petergate
- Minster Library
- Teaching the Poor
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Debtors' Prison
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Railway Institute
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- St Leonard's Hospital