Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mystery Plays
- The First Minster
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Sixties York
- The Mansion House
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The White Rose of York
- King Richard III and York
- The Horn of Ulf
- A New University
- York's Coat of Arms
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Abbot's House