Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- George Leeman
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Our Lady's Row
- Daniel Defoe's York
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Fishergate Bar
- The Roman Fortress
- St Crux's Church
- Jubbergate
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Cinema Comes to York
- The York Observatory
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- A New University
- Aldwark Synagogue