Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Micklegate Bar
- A Pipkin
- New Shopping Centres
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Scarborough Bridge
- York Railway Station
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- St Crux's Church
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Viking Silk Cap
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy