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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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- De Grey Rooms
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Jubbergate
- The Railway Institute
- Monk Bar
- New Shopping Centres
- The Shambles
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Multangular Tower
- A Pipkin
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York Castle Museum