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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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Minster Library
- Margaret Clitherow
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Feeding Roman York
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Viking Boot
- View from Station Rise
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Debtors' Prison
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall