Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mystery Plays
- The Red Tower
- Constantius Chlorus
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- New Shopping Centres
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Mithras and Arimanius
- York Garrison
- The Council of Arles
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Norman Minster
- Judges Lodging
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Shambles
- The Black Death