Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- A New University
- Feeding Roman York
- The Norman Castle
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- New Earswick
- The Red Tower
- Industrial Upheaval
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Norman House
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Guildhall
- Judges Lodging
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'