Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The End of the Abbey
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Norman Minster
- Constantius Chlorus
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Medieval Prisons
- Anglian Carving
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Scarborough Bridge
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Abbot's House
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Judges Lodging
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector