Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- King Richard III and York
- The Medieval Castle
- The George Fox Incident
- Sixties York
- Clifford's Tower
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Hospitium
- Feeding Roman York
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Female Prison
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Battle of the Standard
- Bones of a Roman Combatant