Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The White Rose of York
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Church of St Helen
- King Edward III and York
- Yorkshire Museum
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Mansion House
- St William's Shrine
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Medieval Abbey
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- York Bombed
- First World War Memorial
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Statue of Napoleon