Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ripon College for Women
- Clifford's Tower
- Industrial Upheaval
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Roman Fortress
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Lendal Tower
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- York Central Library
- The George Fox Incident
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Viking Male Grooming
- Guy Fawkes
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Hospitium