Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Minster
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Norman Castle
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- A Pipkin
- Second World War York
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Lendal Tower
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Ouse Bridge
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Constantius Chlorus
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- York Union Gas Works