Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Minster in Viking Times
- King Edward II and York
- The Medieval Minster
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The York Helmet
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Viking Sword Pommel
- King Edward I and York
- The Horn of Ulf
- Constantius Chlorus
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Bar Convent
- Roman Head Pot
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Church of All Saints Pavement