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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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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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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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- William Etty, Artist
- Judges Lodging
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Stonegate
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Greyfriars
- Statue of the God Mars
- Constantius Chlorus
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Female Prison
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Retreat
- John Carr - Architect
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The White Rose of York