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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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of an Athlete
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Water Lanes
- Bootham School
- St William's Shrine
- York's Coat of Arms
- The County Court House
- Medieval Prisons
- York Central Library
- The Roman Fortress
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Feeding Roman York
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Medieval Chamber Pot