Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bone Trial Piece
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Jubbergate
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Viking Male Grooming
- Ouse Bridge
- The First Minster
- The Norman House
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Black Death
- Yorkshire Museum
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- York and the Holocaust
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York's first historian: Francis Drake