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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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Transport Moves On
- The Medieval Minster
- The Norman House
- The Bar Convent
- The White Rose of York
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Cawood Sword
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Monk Bar
- Norman Window Frame
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Mansion House
- The Greyfriars
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Daniel Defoe's York