Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Council of Arles
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York's Coat of Arms
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The White Rose of York
- York Central Library
- Bootham Bar
- King Edward II and York
- Statue of Napoleon
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Minster Library
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Norman Castle
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Bootham School
- The Railway Institute