Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Guildhall
- New Shopping Centres
- Dick Turpin
- King Edward II and York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- St William's Shrine
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The York Hoard
- The George Fox Incident
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Bronze weights
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York Garrison
- Fire in the Minster
- King Edward I and York
- The Railway Institute