Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mystery Plays
- The Multangular Tower
- King Edward I and York
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Viking Boot
- Water Lanes
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Church of St Helen
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Holy Trinity Church
- Silver Strap Ends
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Jubbergate
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The 1190 Massacre
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church