Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ripon College for Women
- York Union Gas Works
- The Black Death
- Cinema Comes to York
- York Railway Station
- Teaching the Poor
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- King Edward III and York
- The Retreat
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Minster Library
- The Railway Institute
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- View from Station Rise
- Vikings and Christianity
- York's Airfield
- Anglian Burial Vessel