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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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Statue of the God Mars
- Constantius Chlorus
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Is York Cursed?
- Teaching the Poor
- The Norman House
- Alcuin of York
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Anglian Carving
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York's Coat of Arms
- King Richard III and York
- Ripon College for Women
- Anglian Cross
- A New Vision For York
- The Red Tower