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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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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ripon College for Women
- Crest of York St John College
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Fairfax House
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- New Shopping Centres
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Retreat
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Clifford's Tower
- The Horn of Ulf
- York's first historian: Francis Drake