Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bone Trial Piece
- Viking Boot
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Industrial Upheaval
- Barley Hall
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Multangular Tower
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Horn of Ulf
- Stonegate
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Norman Abbey
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Skeldergate Bridge