Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bone Trial Piece
- Minster Library
- The Norman Abbey
- Walmgate Bar
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Mary Ward
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Dick Turpin
- King Edward II and York
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Statue of an Athlete
- Roman Head Pot
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York in the fifteenth Century
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- New Shopping Centres