Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Castle
- Micklegate Bar
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The York Helmet
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Red Tower
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Bootham Bar
- George Leeman
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Scarborough Bridge
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Viking Coins
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Statue of the God Mars
- Feeding Roman York
- The Pilgrimage of Grace