Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Castle
- Rebuilt in Stone
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Red Tower
- Jubbergate
- The Medieval Castle
- The New Theatre
- 62 Low Petergate
- York and the Holocaust
- Stonegate
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Mystery Plays
- Middleham Jewel
- York's Coat of Arms
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Treasurer's House