Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Hospitium
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Stonegate
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Retreat
- The Roman Fortress
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Ripon College for Women
- Church of St Olave
- King Edward III and York
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Fishergate Bar
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Norman Minster