Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Walmgate Bar
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Our Lady's Row
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Teaching the Poor
- Roman Head Pot
- First World War Memorial
- King Richard II and York
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Barker Tower
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York Central Library
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Multangular Tower
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre