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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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Roman Head Pot
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Lendal Tower
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- New Earswick
- The Black Death
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Rowntree Park
- York Central Library
- The White Rose of York
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Second World War York
- York Garrison
- Treasurer's House
- Judges Lodging