Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The First Railway Station
- A Pipkin
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Statue of the God Mars
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Medieval Castle
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Norman Minster
- The Mystery Plays
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Vikings and Christianity
- Jubbergate
- St Martin Le Grand Church