Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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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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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Skeldergate Bridge
- St Leonard's Hospital
- George Leeman
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Yorkshire Museum
- Cinema Comes to York
- Sixties York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Black Death
- The Roman Fortress
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The New Theatre
- The Red Tower
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Rebuilt in Stone