Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Feeding Roman York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Roman Head Pot
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Teaching the Poor
- New Earswick
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Sixties York
- The Norman Abbey
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Daniel Defoe's York
- William Etty, Artist
- Alcuin of York
- The George Fox Incident
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York Union Gas Works
- St Martin Le Grand Church