Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The First Railway Station
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The York Observatory
- The George Fox Incident
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Anglian Cross
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Dick Turpin
- The Female Prison
- Medieval Prisons
- King Edward II and York
- The Debtors' Prison
- Ouse Bridge
- The Newgate Cross Shaft