Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Earswick
- Fishergate Bar
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Feeding Roman York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The 1190 Massacre
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Clifford's Tower
- The First Railway Station
- The Norman Castle
- York and the Holocaust
- York Railway Station
- Monk Bar
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Mystery Plays