Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The New Theatre
- Statue of Napoleon
- Fairfax House
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Margaret Clitherow
- King Edward I and York
- New Earswick
- The Norman Castle
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Medieval Abbey
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Skeldergate Bridge