Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Battle of the Standard
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Transport Moves On
- The Shambles
- Church of St Helen
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The White Rose of York
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- York Garrison
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Fishergate Bar
- Viking Male Grooming
- Jubbergate
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Roman Fortress
- The Norman Abbey