Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Lendal Tower
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Crest of York St John College
- York and the Holocaust
- Fishergate Bar
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Medieval Abbey
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Royal Station Hotel
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Alcuin of York
- Glazed Medieval Jug