Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Is York Cursed?
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Mansion House
- The Shambles
- Medieval Prisons
- A New University
- The Mystery Plays
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Abbot's House
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Margaret Clitherow
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Skeldergate Bridge