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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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Feeding Roman York
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Greyfriars
- De Grey Rooms
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- King Edward II and York
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Lendal Tower
- The York Hoard
- Crest of York St John College
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Middleham Jewel
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Dick Turpin
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Retreat
- The Medieval Abbey