Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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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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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- King Richard III and York
- The York Observatory
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Assembly Rooms
- First World War Memorial
- The Horn of Ulf
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Bronze weights
- The Battle of the Standard
- Anglian Cross
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Medieval Minster
- Medieval Prisons
- The Female Prison