Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A Pipkin
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Church of St Helen
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Norman Window Frame
- Rowntree Park
- York's Coat of Arms
- Gold Arm Ring
- The White Rose of York
- The Retreat
- First World War Memorial
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Railway Institute
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The Norman Abbey
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom