Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Walmgate Bar
- Medieval Prisons
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Clifford's Tower
- King Edward III and York
- York and the Holocaust
- King Richard II and York
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- King Edward II and York
- York Castle Museum
- The Medieval Castle
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- York St John in the 20th Century