Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Multangular Tower
- The Assembly Rooms
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Ouse Bridge
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Battle of the Standard
- A New University
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Dick Turpin
- Monk Bar
- Olive Oil Container
- The Norman House
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Fishergate Bar
- King Edward III and York
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers