Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Abbey
- Mary Ward
- New Earswick
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- York Central Library
- Vikings and Christianity
- Bronze weights
- Clifford's Tower
- Ripon College for Women
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Industrial Upheaval
- Our Lady's Row
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Guildhall
- King Richard II and York
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle