Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Cross
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Anglian Carving
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Monk Bar
- Viking Male Grooming
- Viking Boot
- Ouse Bridge
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Sixties York
- The Norman House
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Multangular Tower
- Bootham School
- York Art Gallery
- Church of St Helen