Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Earswick
- The Cawood Sword
- Margaret Clitherow
- Skeldergate Bridge
- George Leeman
- Bootham School
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- York's Coat of Arms
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Victorian Prison Building
- First World War Memorial
- Medieval Prisons
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Norman House
- Military Belt Fitting
- Daniel Defoe's York
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Rowntree Park