Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Lendal Bridge
- Statue of Napoleon
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Micklegate Bar
- The Debtors' Prison
- The First Minster
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- York Bombed
- The 1190 Massacre
- First World War York
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The York Hoard
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Olive Oil Container