Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Yorkshire Museum
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Crest of York St John College
- Stonegate
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The George Fox Incident
- Statue of the God Mars
- Inscription to Hecules
- Fishergate Bar
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York St John in the 20th Century