Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Micklegate Bar
- Is York Cursed?
- Bone Trial Piece
- Victoria Bar
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York and the Holocaust
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Hospitium
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- King Edward III and York
- The First Railway Station
- The Guildhall
- Daniel Defoe's York