Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway Institute
- Gold Arm Ring
- The York Helmet
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York's Airfield
- The Norman Abbey
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The End of the Abbey
- The Battle of the Standard
- Viking Coins
- Holy Trinity Church
- Dick Turpin
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- New Earswick
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier