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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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bone Trial Piece
- Fishergate Bar
- Middleham Jewel
- Walmgate Bar
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Sixties York
- The York Observatory
- The Norman Castle
- Bootham School
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- St Crux's Church
- The White Rose of York
- De Grey Rooms
- Gold Finger Ring
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway