Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward III and York
- Ripon College for Women
- Teaching the Poor
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The County Court House
- Yorkshire Museum
- Judges Lodging
- Barley Hall
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Rowntree Park
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Cawood Sword
- Is York Cursed?
- York's Coat of Arms
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- 62 Low Petergate