Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Battle of the Standard
- The York Observatory
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Bootham Bar
- Anglian Cross
- Middleham Jewel
- The Shambles
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Transport Moves On
- A New University
- William Etty, Artist
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Mansion House