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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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Battle of the Standard
- York and the Holocaust
- The Norman Minster
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Bronze weights
- York Union Gas Works
- The 1190 Massacre
- Anglian Cross
- First World War Memorial
- Military Belt Fitting
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- King Edward I and York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions