Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Yorkshire Museum
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Anglian Carving
- Fishergate Bar
- The Battle of the Standard
- Ouse Bridge
- New Earswick
- The Medieval Abbey
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Sixties York
- Alcuin of York
- Church of St Helen
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Viking Silk Cap