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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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward III and York
- The 1190 Massacre
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Ripon College for Women
- A Pipkin
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- A New University
- Barley Hall
- The Basilica
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York and the Holocaust
- New Earswick
- Walmgate Bar
- Bronze weights
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Margaret Clitherow
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall