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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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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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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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Teaching the Poor
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- First World War Memorial
- The Council of Arles
- The Medieval Minster
- Lendal Tower
- Fishergate Bar
- King Edward I and York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- King Edward II and York
- The Horn of Ulf
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The Abbot's House
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Greyfriars
- The Medieval Castle
- Statue of Napoleon