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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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Fishergate Bar
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Crest of York St John College
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Church of St Helen
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- First World War York
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- George Leeman
- Ouse Bridge
- Anglian Cross
- Bootham School