Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The 1190 Massacre
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Viking Boot
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- All Saints Church, North Street
- John Carr - Architect
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Church of St Helen
- St Crux's Church
- Medieval Prisons
- York and the Holocaust
- Treasurer's House
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Yorkshire Museum
- Fairfax House
- Viking Coins
- The Norman Minster
- York Union Gas Works