Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Feeding Roman York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Crest of York St John College
- The First Railway Station
- The Norman Minster
- York Union Gas Works
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- King Richard III and York
- Bootham School
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- First World War York
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Transport Moves On
- Royal Station Hotel
- Stonegate
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries