Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Greyfriars
- The Assembly Rooms
- York Central Library
- King Edward II and York
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York Union Gas Works
- Royal Station Hotel
- Military Belt Fitting
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Feeding Roman York
- York Art Gallery
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- York and the Holocaust
- The County Court House
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Walmgate Bar