Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Helmet
- The Multangular Tower
- York's Coat of Arms
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Dick Turpin
- The Medieval Castle
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Our Lady's Row
- The First Railway Station
- George Leeman
- Sixties York
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Greyfriars
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- St William's Shrine
- York Castle Museum
- Jewbury Cemetery