Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Assembly Rooms
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Victoria Bar
- Bootham School
- Norman Window Frame
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Viking Male Grooming
- York Castle Museum
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Statue of Napoleon
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'