Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Viking Male Grooming
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Statue of an Athlete
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Bootham School
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Royal Station Hotel
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- York Union Gas Works
- The Battle of the Standard
- Our Lady's Row