Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Second World War York
- Micklegate Bar
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The York Observatory
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Fairfax House
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- New Shopping Centres
- The Medieval Abbey
- King Richard III and York
- Barker Tower
- Viking Boot
- Royal Station Hotel