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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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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Central Methodist Chapel
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- First World War York
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Viking Boot
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Fishergate Bar
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Statue of Napoleon
- Sixties York
- Bootham Bar
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Our Lady's Row
- Skeldergate Bridge