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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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Castle
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York Central Library
- Jubbergate
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Medieval Prisons
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Railway Institute
- The Medieval Abbey
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Bootham Bar
- York's Airfield
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Tombstone of Julia Velva