Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Silver Strap Ends
- York and the Holocaust
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- 62 Low Petergate
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Treasurer's House
- Constantius Chlorus
- Stonegate
- Statue of an Athlete
- Church of St Olave
- Barker Tower
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Norman House
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Council of Arles