Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Norman House
- St Crux's Church
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York Central Library
- The Hospitium
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Medieval Castle
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Middleham Jewel
- 62 Low Petergate
- Yorkshire Museum
- Viking Boot
- Bronze weights