Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Lendal Bridge
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- St William's Shrine
- Bootham Bar
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Anglian Cross
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Viking Coins
- Micklegate Bar
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The York Helmet
- Viking Boot
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Jewbury Cemetery