Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of Napoleon
- Crest of York St John College
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The York Hoard
- De Grey Rooms
- Lendal Tower
- George Leeman
- The Guildhall
- York and the Holocaust
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The End of the Abbey
- Mary Ward
- Barley Hall
- The First Minster
- The Hospitium
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- York Railway Station