Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- York's Coat of Arms
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York and the Holocaust
- Barley Hall
- The Bar Convent
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Constantius Chlorus
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- A New Walk
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The 1190 Massacre
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Black Death
- Dick Turpin