Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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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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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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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.
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Ripon College for Women
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Statue of Napoleon
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- New Shopping Centres
- Teaching the Poor
- Margaret Clitherow
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Hospitium