Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Barker Tower
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Mary Ward
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The End of the Abbey
- Jubbergate
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- King Edward I and York
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Female Prison
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Greyfriars
- St Crux's Church
- Bones of a Roman Combatant