Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Assembly Rooms
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Bronze weights
- The Medieval Abbey
- Bootham Bar
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- A Pipkin
- Stonegate
- De Grey Rooms
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Viking Boot
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Bones of a Roman Combatant