Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Judges Lodging
- Bootham School
- View from Station Rise
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Royal Station Hotel
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Yorkshire Museum
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Scarborough Bridge
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Teaching the Poor