Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Shambles
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- York's Airfield
- The First Minster
- A New University
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Ouse Bridge
- The Bar Convent
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Fire in the Minster
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Middleham Jewel
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Scarborough Bridge