Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ouse Bridge
- De Grey Rooms
- Fishergate Bar
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Basilica
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Norman Abbey
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Bootham Bar
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- View from Station Rise
- First World War Memorial
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Anglian Carving
- Sixties York
- York and the Holocaust