Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Guy Fawkes
- The Mansion House
- First World War Memorial
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- De Grey Rooms
- York Union Gas Works
- Lendal Bridge
- Alcuin of York
- Olive Oil Container
- A New University
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Teaching the Poor
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom