Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Guildhall
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Micklegate Bar
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Fire in the Minster
- The New Theatre
- Church of St Olave
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- William Etty, Artist
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Black Death
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The George Fox Incident
- Norman Window Frame
- Cinema Comes to York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'