Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Cawood Sword
- Roman Head Pot
- Vikings and Christianity
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The York Helmet
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Church of St Helen
- Bootham School
- York Union Gas Works
- The Female Prison
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Sixties York
- The First Railway Station
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Minster after the Reformation
- New Earswick