Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Sixties York
- The First Minster
- Micklegate Bar
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The County Court House
- Rowntree Park
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Debtors' Prison
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Horn of Ulf
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Bar Convent
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- York Castle Museum