Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Church of St Helen
- Fairfax House
- King Edward II and York
- St William's Shrine
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Debtors' Prison
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Judges Lodging
- The Mansion House
- First World War York
- Skeldergate Bridge