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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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Norman Abbey
- York Castle Museum
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- York Garrison
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Greyfriars
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Roman Head Pot
- A New Walk
- York Bombed
- Barley Hall
- Holy Trinity Church
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Water Lanes