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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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Bootham Bar
- Church of St Wilfrid
- York in the fifteenth Century
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Church of St Olave
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Anglian Cross
- King Edward III and York
- Viking Silk Cap
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Industrial Upheaval
- Vikings and Christianity
- Cinema Comes to York
- Viking Boot
- The Medieval Abbey