Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- New Shopping Centres
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- New Earswick
- Constantius Chlorus
- Is York Cursed?
- First World War York
- Skeldergate Bridge
- A New Walk
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Bronze weights