Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Guildhall
- The Female Prison
- The Medieval Abbey
- Military Belt Fitting
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Roman Head Pot
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Treasurer's House
- The Shambles
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Second World War York
- York Art Gallery