Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Feeding Roman York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- King Richard III and York
- Church of St Helen
- York Central Library
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Cawood Sword
- The Multangular Tower
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York Garrison
- The Shambles
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Assembly Rooms
- Ripon College for Women
- Fishergate Bar
- Roman Chimney Pot