Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- King Richard III and York
- Fishergate Bar
- Medieval Prisons
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Medieval Castle
- Statue of an Athlete
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Norman Castle
- Vikings and Christianity
- New Earswick
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Anglian Cross
- Transport Moves On
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop