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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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Minster Library
- Bootham School
- The County Court House
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Viking Male Grooming
- Fire in the Minster
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- York in the fifteenth Century
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- First World War Memorial
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York and the Holocaust
- William Etty, Artist
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Railway Institute
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall