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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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Bombed
- York Union Gas Works
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Anglian Cross
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Crest of York St John College
- York Garrison
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- York and the Holocaust
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Jubbergate
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Female Prison