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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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The George Fox Incident
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Battle of the Standard
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Medieval Castle
- The Mystery Plays
- York Railway Station
- Lendal Tower
- The Bar Convent
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Statue of the God Mars
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Railway Institute
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Minster in the 20th Century