Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Scarborough Bridge
- First World War York
- The York Hoard
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Greyfriars
- The Multangular Tower
- Sixties York
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Black Death
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Mary Ward
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Queen Margaret's Arch