Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The White Rose of York
- The Medieval Abbey
- New Earswick
- The York Observatory
- York Bombed
- York Railway Station
- The Norman Minster
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Battle of the Standard
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- A New University
- The Abbot's House
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- St William's Shrine
- York in the fifteenth Century
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Shambles