Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Vision For York
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- York's Coat of Arms
- Bronze weights
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Bootham School
- Fishergate Bar
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Vikings and Christianity
- St Crux's Church
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Constantius Chlorus
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Viking Silk Cap