Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Greyfriars
- New Earswick
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Constantius Chlorus
- The First Minster
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Ripon College for Women
- York and the Holocaust
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The First Railway Station
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Water Lanes
- The Retreat