Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Greyfriars
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Clifford's Tower
- A Pipkin
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- York Central Library
- Our Lady's Row
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York's Coat of Arms
- St Crux's Church
- York and the Holocaust
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York's Airfield
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Medieval Prisons
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Victorian Prison Building