Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Norman Minster
- Scarborough Bridge
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- York Art Gallery
- The Battle of the Standard
- First World War Memorial
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Clifford's Tower
- Viking Coins
- King's Manor - Victorian
- York's Airfield
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The County Court House
- Bone Trial Piece