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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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Walmgate Bar
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- King Richard II and York
- The Greyfriars
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- St William's Shrine
- The Medieval Minster
- Statue of the God Mars
- Gold Finger Ring
- First World War Memorial
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The 1190 Massacre
- De Grey Rooms
- The Abbot's House
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall