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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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Medieval Castle
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Second World War York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Rowntree Park
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Retreat
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York Railway Station
- Treasurer's House
- The Bar Convent
- Anglian Cross