Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Medieval Castle
- William Etty, Artist
- The Norman House
- Fairfax House
- New Earswick
- The Railway Institute
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Abbot's House
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Industrial Upheaval
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Debtors' Prison
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Black Death
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions