Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway Institute
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Guildhall
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Gold Arm Ring
- Our Lady's Row
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Female Prison
- Vikings and Christianity
- The 1190 Massacre
- Barker Tower
- Minster Library
- George Leeman