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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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- First World War Memorial
- Jubbergate
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Retreat
- The Medieval Minster
- Viking Boot
- Guy Fawkes
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Barley Hall
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Water Lanes
- The Medieval Abbey
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)