Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Our Lady's Row
- A Pipkin
- Roman Head Pot
- York Union Gas Works
- York Bombed
- Clifford's Tower
- First World War York
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The York Observatory
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Female Prison
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Viking Boot
- Water Lanes
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Mary Ward
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey