Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The George Fox Incident
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Medieval Minster
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Sixties York
- The Cawood Sword
- Military Belt Fitting
- 62 Low Petergate
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Fairfax House
- Medieval Prisons
- The Hospitium