Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Constantius Chlorus
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Greyfriars
- York Garrison
- Sixties York
- Water Lanes
- Roman Head Pot
- Treasurer's House
- King Edward III and York
- The Black Death
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Viking Coins
- Fire in the Minster
- The Mystery Plays
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Anglian Cross
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels