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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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New University
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Our Lady's Row
- Medieval Prisons
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Bronze weights
- York Art Gallery
- Ouse Bridge
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Mithras and Arimanius
- A New Vision For York
- View from Station Rise
- Fishergate Bar
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Victoria Bar