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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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Retreat
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Barley Hall
- The Greyfriars
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Council of Arles
- The 1190 Massacre
- The York Observatory
- The Shambles
- A New University
- Feeding Roman York
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Jubbergate
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa