Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Constantius Chlorus
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- King Edward III and York
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Victoria Bar
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Red Tower
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- A New University
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The First Railway Station
- Industrial Upheaval
- Bootham Bar
- The Mansion House
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York and the Holocaust
- Judges Lodging