Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of the God Mars
- Gold Finger Ring
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Alcuin of York
- The First Minster
- The Black Death
- Dick Turpin
- The Assembly Rooms
- De Grey Rooms
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Minster Library
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Vikings and Christianity
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Hospitium
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Church of St Helen