Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of the God Mars
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The First Minster
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Bronze weights
- Monk Bar
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Skeldergate Bridge
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Sixties York
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Cinema Comes to York
- A Pipkin
- Bones of a Roman Combatant