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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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York Central Library
- Teaching the Poor
- The George Fox Incident
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Jubbergate
- First World War York
- The Shambles
- The Debtors' Prison
- York Art Gallery
- A New University
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Female Prison
- The York Observatory
- York's Airfield
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Sixties York