Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Red Tower
- Ouse Bridge
- King Richard II and York
- De Grey Rooms
- Cinema Comes to York
- 62 Low Petergate
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The End of the Abbey
- Treasurer's House
- York Art Gallery
- St William's Shrine
- York St John in the 20th Century
- King Edward III and York
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The White Rose of York
- The Hospitium
- Mithras and Arimanius