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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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway Institute
- The Female Prison
- Medieval Prisons
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Medieval Minster
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Lendal Bridge
- St Crux's Church
- The Battle of the Standard
- Crest of York St John College
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The End of the Abbey
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Bronze weights