Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ouse Bridge
- Church of St Olave
- Anglian Carving
- Medieval Prisons
- William Etty, Artist
- The Cawood Sword
- The York Hoard
- Vikings and Christianity
- 62 Low Petergate
- Stonegate
- York Garrison
- The First Railway Station
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Rowntree Park
- Viking Coins
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- York Bombed