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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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The End of the Abbey
- The Multangular Tower
- The Norman Castle
- Rowntree Park
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The 1190 Massacre
- Bronze weights
- Holy Trinity Church
- York St John in the 20th Century
- A Pipkin
- The New Theatre
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Black Death
- King Richard II and York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed