Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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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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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Minster Library
- Ouse Bridge
- Clifford's Tower
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Medieval Castle
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Multangular Tower
- Margaret Clitherow
- Cinema Comes to York
- Walmgate Bar
- Viking Boot