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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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- King Edward III and York
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Norman Window Frame
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- New Shopping Centres
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Monk Bar
- De Grey Rooms
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Assembly Rooms
- A New Vision For York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Norman House
- The Mystery Plays