Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Rowntree Park
- Crest of York St John College
- Dick Turpin
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Yorkshire Museum
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The End of the Abbey
- York's Coat of Arms
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- A New Walk
- St William's Shrine
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Female Prison