Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Assembly Rooms
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- York and the Holocaust
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- John Carr - Architect
- The Railway Institute
- Rowntree Park
- A New University
- Minster Library
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- King Richard II and York
- St Crux's Church
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The End of the Abbey